Genesis 50:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Num 32:39 : 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was there.
  • Job 42:16 : 16 After this, Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
  • Gen 30:3 : 3 She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go into her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her."
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 Yes, you shall see your children's children, and peace upon Israel.
  • Josh 17:1 : 1 There was also a portion for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph, namely, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
  • Gen 48:19 : 19 And 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.
  • Gen 49:12 : 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
  • Num 32:33 : 33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the borders, even the cities of the country round about.

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  • Gen 48:8-15
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    80%

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

    9And 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.

    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.

    14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

    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,

  • Gen 46:20
    77%

    20And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore to him.

  • Gen 48:1
    76%

    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.

  • Gen 50:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21Now therefore fear not, I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.

    22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

  • Num 26:28
    76%

    28The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 48:17-21
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    75%

    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 41:50-52
    3 verses
    74%

    50To Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

    51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, For God, he said, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.

    52He called the name of the second Ephraim, For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

  • Gen 50:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

    25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.

  • Gen 33:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

    7And Leah also with her children came near and bowed themselves; and afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed themselves.

  • Gen 48:5
    73%

    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 50:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7And Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

    8And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house, only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 50:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

    14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

  • Gen 50:1
    72%

    1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 45:10
    71%

    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.

  • Exod 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5And all the people that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was already in Egypt.

    6And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

  • Gen 47:7
    71%

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

  • Acts 7:13
    71%

    13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:29
    70%

    29And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; do not bury me, I pray you, in Egypt:

  • Gen 46:4
    70%

    4I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.

  • Gen 41:46
    70%

    46Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and traveled throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 46:31
    70%

    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.

  • Josh 16:4
    70%

    4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.