Genesis 48:5 meaning and explanation
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
Genesis 48:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob, old and near death, is speaking to Joseph in Egypt. He adopts Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, as his own, placing them alongside Reuben and Simeon, his first two sons by Leah.
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