3 Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God ^aAlmighty appeared to me at ^bLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,  ‡

4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will ^amake you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and ^bgive this land to your descendants after you ^cas an everlasting possession.’  ‡

7 But as for me, when I came from Padan, ^aRachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”  ‡

8 Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”