Genesis 48:9

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Joseph said to his father, 'They are my sons whom God has given to me here.' Israel said, 'Bring them to me, please, so I may bless them.'

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  • Gen 33:5 : 5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, 'Who are these with you?' Jacob replied, 'They are the children whom God has graciously given to your servant.'
  • Gen 27:4 : 4 Prepare for me a tasty meal, the kind I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat and bless you before I die.
  • Heb 11:21 : 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
  • Gen 27:28-29 : 28 May God give you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, an abundance of grain and new wine. 29 May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.
  • Gen 27:34-40 : 34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, 'Bless me—me too, my father!'. 35 But Isaac said, 'Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.' 36 Esau said, 'Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice: He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing!' Then he asked, 'Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?' 37 Isaac answered Esau, 'Behold, I have made him lord over you and have given him all his brothers as servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?' 38 Esau said to his father, 'Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!' Then Esau lifted up his voice and wept. 39 His father Isaac answered him, 'Your dwelling will be away from the richness of the earth and away from the dew of heaven above.' 40 You will live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 30:2 : 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'
  • Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the Israelites before his death.
  • Ruth 4:11-14 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.' 12 May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman. 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When he went to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi, 'Praise the Lord, who has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer today. May his name become famous in Israel!'
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 In the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 I prayed for this boy, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him.
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, ‘May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD.’ Then they would return to their home. 21 And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 25:5 : 5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer, who was entrusted with the words of God to exalt his power. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
  • 1 Chr 26:4-5 : 4 Obed-Edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth. 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth, for God had blessed him.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Here I am, along with the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 56:3-5 : 3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely exclude me from His people.' And let no eunuch say, 'I am a dry tree.' 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant, 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.'

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  • Gen 48:8
    89%

    8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, 'Who are these?'

  • Gen 48:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10Now Israel’s eyes were failing due to old age—he could not see well. Joseph brought the boys near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

    11Israel said to Joseph, 'I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your children.'

    12Joseph removed the boys from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

    13Then Joseph took them both—Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right—and brought them close to him.

  • Gen 48:15-21
    7 verses
    80%

    15Then he blessed Joseph and said, 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,'

    16'The Angel who redeemed me from all harm, may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'

    17When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

    18Joseph said to his father, 'No, my father, this one is the firstborn; place your right hand on his head.'

    19But his father refused and said, 'I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.'

    20On that day, he blessed them and said, 'By you, Israel will pronounce this blessing: May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' So he placed Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

    21Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.'

  • Gen 48:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1After these events, someone told Joseph, 'Your father is ill.' So Joseph took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, with him.

    2When Jacob was told, 'Your son Joseph is coming to you,' Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

    3Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'

  • Gen 47:7
    78%

    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 48:5
    78%

    5'Now, your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you here will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.'

  • Gen 46:31
    76%

    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

  • Gen 42:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

    36Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'

    37Then Reuben said to his father, 'You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.'

  • Gen 43:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

    15So the men took the gifts, double the amount of silver, and Benjamin. They got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 43:29
    74%

    29Looking up, Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and asked, "Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?" Then he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."

  • Gen 45:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • Gen 49:26
    74%

    26The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

  • Gen 45:4
    74%

    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 47:1
    74%

    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 33:5
    73%

    5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, 'Who are these with you?' Jacob replied, 'They are the children whom God has graciously given to your servant.'

  • Gen 50:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23He 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.

    24Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'

  • Gen 46:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

    29Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

  • Gen 49:28
    73%

    28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.

  • Gen 49:2
    73%

    2'Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.'

  • Gen 44:21
    73%

    21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

  • Gen 47:11
    73%

    11So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of the land in Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.