Genesis 48

¹And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 41:50-52Gen 46:20Gen 50:23Ps 128:6John 11:3

²And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 23:16Deut 3:28Eph 6:10Prov 23:15Ps 41:3Neh 2:18

³And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 35:9-12Exod 6:3Gen 17:1Gen 28:3Gen 28:12-19Gen 35:6-7Hos 12:4Judg 1:23Rev 21:11

⁴And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 17:8Gen 35:11Amos 9:14-15Deut 32:8Exod 1:7Gen 12:2Gen 13:15-16Gen 17:13Gen 22:17Gen 26:4

⁵And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 41:50-52Gen 46:20Josh 14:41 Chr 5:1-2Josh 13:72 Cor 6:18Rev 7:6-7Eph 1:5Ezek 16:8Isa 43:1

⁶And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 14:4

⁷And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 35:16-19Gen 35:9Matt 2:181 Sam 1:11 Sam 10:21 Sam 17:12Gen 25:20Mic 5:2Ruth 1:2

⁸And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

⁹And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 27:4Gen 33:5Heb 11:211 Chr 25:51 Chr 26:4-51 Sam 1:201 Sam 1:271 Sam 2:20-21Deut 33:1Gen 27:28-29

¹⁰Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 27:1Gen 27:271 Kgs 19:201 Sam 3:21 Sam 4:15Gen 31:55Gen 45:15Isa 59:1Isa 6:10

¹¹And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 3:20Gen 45:26Gen 37:33Gen 37:35Gen 42:36

¹²And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:61 Kgs 2:192 Kgs 4:37Eph 6:1Exod 20:12Exod 34:8Gen 18:2Gen 19:1Gen 23:7Gen 33:3

¹³And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁴And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 41:511 Tim 4:141 Tim 5:22Acts 13:3Acts 6:6Acts 8:17-19Deut 34:9Exod 15:6Gen 46:20Gen 48:18

¹⁵And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 17:1Col 2:6Heb 11:211 Cor 10:311 Kgs 3:61 Tim 6:6-102 Cor 1:12Deut 33:1Eccl 2:24-25Eccl 5:12

¹⁶The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 34:22Gen 28:13-15Gen 48:5Gen 49:222 Tim 4:18Acts 15:17Josh 17:17Num 26:28-37Ps 121:7Amos 9:12

¹⁷And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 48:14Rom 9:7-81 Chr 21:71 Kgs 16:251 Sam 16:7Gen 28:8Gen 38:10Num 11:1Prov 24:18Rom 9:11

¹⁸And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 10:14Acts 11:8Exod 10:11Gen 19:18Gen 27:15Gen 29:26Gen 43:33Gen 49:3Matt 25:9

¹⁹And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 33:17Num 1:33-35Gen 17:20-21Gen 25:28Gen 48:14Deut 1:10Ezek 27:10Isa 7:17Num 2:19-21Rev 7:6

²⁰And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ruth 4:11-12Gen 24:60Gen 28:3Num 10:22-23Num 13:11Num 13:16Num 2:18-21Num 7:48Num 7:54

²¹And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 46:4Gen 50:24Gen 26:3Gen 28:15Heb 7:23-25Heb 7:31 Kgs 2:2-42 Pet 1:142 Tim 4:6Acts 13:36

²²Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 4:5Josh 24:321 Chr 5:2Amos 2:9Deut 21:17Gen 15:16Gen 33:19Gen 34:28Josh 17:14-18Judg 11:23