Jacob continued, "Joseph, your two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon.

and when he was put out of his home, the king's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

He was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in words and deeds.

to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God's children.

It was faith that made Moses, when he had grown up, refuse to be called the son of the king's daughter.

See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children---and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

Adam and his wife had another son. She said, "God has given me a son to replace Abel, whom Cain killed." So she named him Seth.

You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your cry of distress.

So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, "I asked the LORD for him."

She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus---because he will save his people from their sins."