Genesis 48:19

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But his father refused, & sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations.

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  • Deut 33:17 : 17 His beautie shalbe like his first borne bullock, & his hornes as the hornes of an vnicorne: with them hee shall smite the people together, euen the endes of the world: these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh.
  • Ruth 4:11-12 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders sayd, We are witnesses: the Lorde make the wife that commeth into thine house, like Rahel and like Leah, which twaine did build the house of Israel: & that thou mayest doe worthily in Ephrathah, & be famous in Beth-lehem, 12 And that thine house be like the house of Pharez ( whom Thamar bare vnto Iudah) of the seede which the Lord shall giue thee of this yong woman.
  • Isa 7:17 : 17 The Lord shall bring vpon thee, and vpon thy people, and vpon thy fathers house (the dayes that haue not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Iudah) euen the King of Asshur.
  • Ezek 27:10 : 10 They of Persia, and of Lud & of Phut were in thine armie: thy men of warre they hanged the shielde and helmet in thee: they set foorth thy beautie.
  • Rev 7:6 : 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed twelue thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelue thousand.
  • Rev 7:8 : 8 Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed twelue thousande. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed twelue thousand.
  • Gen 17:20-21 : 20 And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him. 21 But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.
  • Gen 25:28 : 28 And Izhak loued Esau, for venison was his meate, but Rebekah loued Iaakob.
  • Gen 48:14 : 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand, and layde it on Ephraims head, which was the yonger, and his left hande vpon Manassehs head (directing his handes of purpose) for Manasseh was the elder.
  • Num 1:33-35 : 33 The nomber of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousande & fiue hundreth. 34 Of the sonnes of Manasseh by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: 35 The nober of the also of ye tribe of Manasseh was two & thirtie thousand & two hundreth.
  • Num 2:19-21 : 19 And his host and the nomber of the were fortie thousand and fiue hundreth. 20 And by him shalbe the tribe of Manasseh, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasseh shalbe Gamliel the sonne of Pedahzur: 21 And his hoste and the nomber of them were two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth.
  • Deut 1:10 : 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and beholde, ye are this day as the starres of heauen in nomber:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 48:11-18
    8 verses
    81%

    11And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath shewed me also thy seede.

    12And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, & did reuerence downe to the ground.

    13Then tooke Ioseph them both, Ephraim in his right hand towarde Israels left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israels right hand, so he brought them vnto him.

    14But Israel stretched out his right hand, and layde it on Ephraims head, which was the yonger, and his left hande vpon Manassehs head (directing his handes of purpose) for Manasseh was the elder.

    15Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee.

    16The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.

    17But when Ioseph sawe that his father layde his right hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he stayed his fathers hand to remooue it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head.

    18And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

  • Gen 48:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20So he blessed them that day, and sayde, In thee Israel shall blesse, and say, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21Then Israel said vnto Ioseph, Behold, I die, and God shall be with you, and bring you againe vnto the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 37:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Then he tolde it vnto his father and to his brethren, and his father rebuked him, and saide vnto him, What is this dreame, which thou hast dreamed? Shal I, and thy mother, & thy brethren come in deede & fall on the ground before thee?

    11And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying.

  • Gen 48:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

    5And now thy two sonnes, Manasseh & Ephraim, which are borne vnto thee in the lande of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

    6But the linage, which thou hast begotten after them, shalbe thine: they shall be called after the names of their brethren in their inheritance.

  • Gen 49:26
    75%

    26The blessings of thy father shalbe stronger then the blessings of mine elders: vnto the ende of the hilles of the worlde they shall be on the head of Ioseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

  • Gen 48:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Then Israel beheld Iosephs sonnes & sayd, Whose are these?

    9And Ioseph sayd vnto his father, They are my sonnes, which God hath giuen mee here. Then he sayd, I pray thee, bring them to me, that I may blesse them:

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    74%

    2For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)

  • Gen 46:3
    72%

    3Then hee sayde, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.

  • Gen 48:1
    72%

    1Againe after this, one sayd to Ioseph, Loe, thy father is sicke: then hee tooke with him his two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 35:11
    72%

    11Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.

  • Gen 27:29
    72%

    29Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

  • Gen 25:23
    72%

    23And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.

  • Gen 42:38
    71%

    38But he sayd, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.

  • Gen 46:31
    71%

    31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,

  • Gen 44:27
    70%

    27Then thy seruant my father sayde vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,

  • Gen 41:51
    70%

    51And Ioseph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, said he, hath made me forget all my labour & al my fathers houshold.

  • Gen 49:2
    70%

    2Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakob, and hearken vnto Israel your father.

  • Gen 50:23
    70%

    23And Ioseph saw Ephraims children, euen vnto the third generation: also the sonnes of Machir the sonne of Manasseh were brought vp on Iosephs knees.

  • Gen 37:8
    70%

    8Then his brethren saide to him, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue altogether dominion ouer vs? And they hated him so much the more, for his dreames, and for his wordes.

  • Gen 17:20
    70%

    20And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.

  • Rom 9:12
    70%

    12It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger.