Genesis 48:5-7

Living Bible

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. ⁷ For your mother, Rachel, died after only two children^[a] when I came from Paddan-aram, as we were just a short distance from Ephrath, and I buried her beside the road to Bethlehem.”