Genesis 48:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them.

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  • Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.
  • Gen 27:4 : 4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, so that my soul may 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 Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine: 29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.
  • Gen 27:34-40 : 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing. 36 And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with grain and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now for you, my son? 38 And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
  • Gen 28:3-4 : 3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
  • Gen 30:2 : 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
  • Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
  • Ruth 4:11-14 : 11 And all the people at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem. 12 And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.' 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman, and may his name be famous in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 So it came to pass, when the time had come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of him:
  • 1 Sam 2:20-21 : 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you descendants from this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went to their own home. 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 25:5 : 5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn. And God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
  • 1 Chr 26:4-5 : 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-Edom were Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sakar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth, for God blessed him.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
  • Isa 56:3-5 : 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner, who has joined himself to the LORD, say, The LORD has utterly separated me from his people: nor let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For thus says the LORD to the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

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  • Gen 48:8
    89%

    8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

  • Gen 48:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

    11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, lo, God has shown me also your seed.

    12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

    13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.

  • Gen 48:15-21
    7 verses
    80%

    15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,

    16The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

    17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

    18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.

    19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.

    20And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 48:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

    2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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

  • Gen 47:7
    78%

    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 48:5
    78%

    5And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

  • Gen 46:31
    76%

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

  • Gen 42:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

    36And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

    37And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him back to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you again.

  • Gen 43:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

    15And the men took that gift, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 43:29
    74%

    29And he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.

  • Gen 45:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

    10And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:

  • Gen 49:26
    74%

    26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 45:4
    74%

    4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 47:1
    74%

    1Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, saying, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 33:5
    73%

    5And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.

  • Gen 50:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation, the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

    24And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die, and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Gen 46:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

    29And Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen, and he presented himself to him, and he embraced him, and wept on his shoulder for a good while.

  • Gen 49:28
    73%

    28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

  • Gen 49:2
    73%

    2Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.

  • Gen 44:21
    73%

    21And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.

  • Gen 47:11
    73%

    11And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.