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==The Dutiful Son==
==The Dutiful Son==
Seventeen years after Jacob arrived in Egypt, he died. Before he died, he adopted Joseph's two sons as his own. This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=48|verses=1-6}}</ref> Jacob also gave Joseph strict orders not to bury him in Egypt, but to bury him in the burial ground in the Cave of [[Machpelah]] that held the tombs of [[Abraham]], [[Sarah]], [[Isaac]], [[Rebekah]], and Jacob's first wife [[Leah]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=49|verses=30-31}}</ref> (Rachel was buried separately, near [[Bethlehem]].)
Seventeen years after Jacob arrived in Egypt, he died. Before he died, he adopted Joseph's two sons as his own. This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=48|verses=1-6}}</ref>
Jacob also gave Ephraim a clear preferment over Manasseh, even though Manasseh had been born first. ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=48|verses=7-20}})
Jacob also gave Joseph this blessing: {{Bible quote|Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall. With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility. But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, because of your father's God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breast and womb. Your father's blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.|book=Genesis|chap=49|verses=22-26}}
Jacob also gave Joseph strict orders not to bury him in Egypt, but to bury him in the burial ground in the Cave of [[Machpelah]] that held the tombs of [[Abraham]], [[Sarah]], [[Isaac]], [[Rebekah]], and Jacob's first wife [[Leah]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=49|verses=30-31}}</ref> (Rachel was buried separately, near [[Bethlehem]].)
==Joseph's Last Years==
==Joseph's Last Years==