Genesis 48:20
So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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- Gen 24:60 : 60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
- Ruth 4:11-12 : 11 And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem; 12 May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.
- Gen 28:3 : 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
- Num 2:18-21 : 18 On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief. 19 The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred. 20 And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief. 21 The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
- Num 7:48 : 48 On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:
- Num 7:54 : 54 On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, chief of the children of Manasseh:
- Num 10:22-23 : 22 Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud. 23 At the head of the army of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
- Num 13:8 : 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
- Num 13:11 : 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, that is of the family of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.
- Num 13:16 : 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
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- Gen 48:8-1912 verses82%
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.
10Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
11And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
12Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.
13Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.
14And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.
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,
16The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
17Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.
18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.
19But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
- Gen 48:21-222 verses77%
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.
22And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
- Gen 48:3-64 verses77%
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,
4And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.
5And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.
6And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.
- Gen 49:25-262 verses75%
25Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
26Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
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28The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
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1Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
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23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.
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28These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.
- Gen 41:51-522 verses74%
51And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.
52And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
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7Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.
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5And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part.
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20And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On.
- Gen 28:3-42 verses72%
3And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
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29Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.
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16The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.
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20By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.
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17Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only,
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25Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.
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1Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death.
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12These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;
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21Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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4And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their heritage.
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13And of Joseph he said, Let the blessing of the Lord be on his land; for the good things of heaven on high, and the deep waters flowing under the earth,