Genesis 47:7

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

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  • Gen 47:10 : 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
  • Exod 12:32 : 32 Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”
  • Num 6:23-24 : 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons,‘This is the way you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: 24 “The LORD bless you and protect you;
  • Josh 14:13 : 13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.
  • 1 Sam 2:20 : 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying,“May the LORD establish descendants for you from this woman in place of the one that she dedicated to the LORD.”Then they would go to their home.
  • 2 Sam 8:10 : 10 he sent his son Joram to King David to extend his best wishes and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze.
  • 2 Sam 14:22 : 22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said,“Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!”
  • 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, as did the king. After the king had kissed him and blessed him, Barzillai returned to his home.
  • 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying,‘May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ Then the king leaned on the bed
  • 2 Kgs 4:29 : 29 Elisha told Gehazi,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child’s face.”
  • Matt 26:26 : 26 The Lord’s Supper While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said,“Take, eat, this is my body.”
  • Luke 22:19 : 19 Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying,“This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • Gen 35:27 : 27 So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:10-12
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    85%

    10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

    11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

  • Gen 47:8
    83%

    8Pharaoh said to Jacob,“How long have you lived?”

  • Gen 47:5-6
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    82%

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

    6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

  • Gen 47:1-2
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    1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

    2He took five of his brothers and introduced them to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 48:15
    79%

    15Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

  • Gen 48:8-9
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    78%

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

    9Joseph said to his father,“They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said,“Bring them to me so I may bless them.”

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

    18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

  • Gen 46:31
    77%

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 45:8-10
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    77%

    8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 50:6-7
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    77%

    6So Pharaoh said,“Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”

    7So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him– the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,

  • Gen 48:12
    77%

    12So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 46:28-29
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    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

    29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

  • Gen 48:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Manasseh and Ephraim After these things Joseph was told,“Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

    2When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

    3Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

  • Gen 41:41
    76%

    41“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

  • Acts 7:10
    76%

    10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

  • Gen 41:46
    76%

    46Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 45:25
    76%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

  • Acts 7:13
    75%

    13On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:28
    75%

    28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

  • Gen 39:5
    75%

    5From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

  • Gen 41:43
    74%

    43Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him,“Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 50:1
    74%

    1The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.

  • Gen 48:21
    74%

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