Adoption

“Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.””

“And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.”

“But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.”

“the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.””

“And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.””

“Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.”

“When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.”

“By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.”