Genesis 48:4-6

Living Bible

⁴ and said to me, ‘I will make you a great nation and I will give this land of Canaan to you and to your children’s children, for an everlasting possession.’ ⁵ And now, as to these two sons of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived, I am adopting them as my own, and they will inherit from me just as Reuben and Simeon will. ⁶ But any other children born to you shall be your own, and shall inherit Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s portion from you.