Genesis 48:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:1 : 1 Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.
  • Gen 27:27 : 27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,“Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the LORD has blessed.
  • Gen 31:55 : 55 (32:1) Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home.
  • Gen 45:15 : 15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.
  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
  • 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.
  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,“Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him,“Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
  • Isa 59:1 : 1 Injustice Brings Alienation from God Look, the LORD’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

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  • Gen 48:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    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 48:11-15
    5 verses
    82%

    11Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

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

    13Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel’s right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.

    14Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

    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 50:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

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

    2Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

  • Gen 46:28-30
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

    30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

  • Gen 48:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20So he blessed them that day, saying,“By you will Israel bless, saying,‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

    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.

  • Gen 48:1-2
    2 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.

  • Gen 27:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26Then his father Isaac said to him,“Come here and kiss me, my son.”

    27So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,“Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the LORD has blessed.

  • Gen 46:4
    75%

    4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”

  • Gen 47:29
    74%

    29The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

  • Gen 45:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

    15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 33:4
    74%

    4But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

  • Gen 47:7
    74%

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

  • Gen 45:28
    73%

    28Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

  • Gen 37:3
    73%

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

  • Gen 48:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

    18Joseph said to his father,“Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

  • Gen 50:23
    72%

    23Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.

  • Gen 27:1
    72%

    1Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.

  • Gen 44:21
    72%

    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

  • Gen 49:2
    72%

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