Genesis 48:7

And as for me, when I came— As much as to say, "the favour I shew to your two sons is a new tribute which I pay to the memory of my beloved Rachel. The sudden death which deprived me of her, in circumstances which permitted me not to convey her body to the cave of Machpelah, robbed me at once of a most beloved wife, and of the pleasure of seeing any more children from her. However, in some measure to repair that loss, I know not how to do it in any manner more conformable to the sentiments of my heart, than by adopting your sons for my own, as if you were three brothers of the same much-valued mother." Note; True lovers never forget: it is Jacob's comfort now, that he shall meet her in glory whom he lost in Canaan.