Genesis 48:15

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Then 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,

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  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 24:20 : 20 She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.
  • Gen 27:4 : 4 Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying,“If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 the Angel who has protected me from all harm– bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Powerful One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
  • Gen 49:28 : 28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 Introduction to the Blessing of Moses This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
  • Ps 16:8 : 8 I constantly trust in the LORD; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  • Ps 23:1 : 1 A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!
  • Ps 103:4-5 : 4 who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.
  • Eccl 2:24-25 : 24 Enjoy Work and its Benefits There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God. 25 For no one can eat and drink or experience joy apart from him.
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Enjoy the Fruit of Your Labor I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.
  • Matt 6:25-34 : 25 Do Not Worry“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing? 26 Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are? 27 And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? 28 Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! 30 And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won’t he clothe you even more, you people of little faith? 31 So then, don’t worry saying,‘What will we eat?’ or‘What will we drink?’ or‘What will we wear?’ 32 For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • Col 2:6 : 6 Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. 7 For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. 8 But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
  • Heb 11:21 : 21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.
  • Gen 5:22-24 : 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 23 The entire lifetime of Enoch was 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 The Judgment of the Flood This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 48:16-22
    7 verses
    82%

    16the Angel who has protected me from all harm– bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”

    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.”

    19But his father refused and said,“I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

    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.

    22As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

  • Gen 48:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    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.

    4He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

  • Gen 48:8-14
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    80%

    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.”

    10Now 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.

    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.

  • Gen 47:7
    79%

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

  • Gen 49:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the Sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

    26The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

  • Deut 33:13
    75%

    13Blessing on Joseph Of Joseph he said: May the LORD bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

  • Deut 33:16
    75%

    16with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph’s head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.

  • Gen 39:5
    74%

    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 50:23-24
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    74%

    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.

    24Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

  • Gen 47:10
    74%

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

  • Gen 45:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    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 32:9
    73%

    9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’

  • Heb 11:21
    73%

    21By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.

  • Gen 31:5
    73%

    5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.

  • Gen 46:28
    73%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 46:3
    73%

    3He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

  • Gen 41:51
    72%

    51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”

  • Gen 47:12
    72%

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

  • Gen 46:30
    72%

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