Verse 1

After these events, someone told Joseph, 'Your father is ill.' So Joseph took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, with him.

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  • Gen 41:50-52 : 50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, 'God has made me forget all my hardship and my father’s household.' 52 The second son he named Ephraim, saying, 'God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'
  • Gen 46:20 : 20 In the land of Egypt, Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, were born to him by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 He saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children, and also the children of Machir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.
  • Job 42:16 : 16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 May you live to see your children’s children—peace be upon Israel.
  • John 11:3 : 3 So the sisters sent a message to him, saying, 'Lord, the one you love is sick.'