Genesis 47:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

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  • Gen 47:10 : 10 And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.
  • Exod 12:32 : 32 And take your flocks and your herds as you have said, and be gone; and give me your blessing.
  • Num 6:23-24 : 23 Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them, 24 May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:
  • Josh 14:13 : 13 And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.
  • 1 Sam 2:20 : 20 And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.
  • 2 Sam 8:10 : 10 He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:
  • 2 Sam 14:22 : 22 Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant.
  • 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.
  • 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:29 : 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.
  • Matt 26:26 : 26 And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.
  • Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:10-12
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    85%

    10And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.

    11And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

    12And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

  • Gen 47:8
    83%

    8And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?

  • Gen 47:5-6
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    5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

    6And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

  • Gen 47:1-2
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    1Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

    2And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 48:15
    79%

    15And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

  • Gen 48:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

    9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

  • Gen 46:31
    77%

    31And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 45:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

    10The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

  • Gen 50:6-7
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    77%

    6And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

    7So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

  • Gen 48:12
    77%

    12Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

  • Gen 46:28-29
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    28Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

    29And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

  • Gen 48:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

    2And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.

    3And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

  • Gen 41:41
    76%

    41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:10
    76%

    10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 41:46
    76%

    46Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 45:25
    76%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • Acts 7:13
    75%

    13And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

  • Gen 47:28
    75%

    28And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

  • Gen 39:5
    75%

    5And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

  • Gen 41:43
    74%

    43And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 50:1
    74%

    1And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.

  • Gen 48:21
    74%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.