2. And it was told the old man: Behold I thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed.
3. And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God Almighty appeared to me at Lute, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me,
4. And he said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
5. So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon.