Gen 48:5, 2Cor 6:18, 1Jo 3:1 | ESV | STEP | And now your two sons , who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt , are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 48:5

5 And now your ^atwo sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, ^bare mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

2 Corinthians 6:18

18 ^cand I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”

1 John 3:1

1 See ^dwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^echildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^fthe world does not know us is that ^git did not know him.