Genesis 48:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.

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  • Gen 24:60 : 60 and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, `Thou `art' our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.'
  • Ruth 4:11-12 : 11 And all the people who `are' in the gate say -- also the elders -- `Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem; 12 and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.'
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;
  • Num 2:18-21 : 18 The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, `is' westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim `is' Elishama son of Ammihud; 19 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him `is' the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh `is' Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; 21 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' two and thirty thousand, and two hundred.
  • Num 7:48 : 48 On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; --
  • Num 7:54 : 54 On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; --
  • Num 10:22-23 : 22 And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host `is' Elishama son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh `is' Gamalial son of Pedahzur.
  • Num 13:8 : 8 For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun.
  • Num 13:11 : 11 For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh,) Gaddi son of Susi.
  • Num 13:16 : 16 These `are' the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 48:8-19
    12 verses
    82%

    8And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who `are' these?'

    9and Joseph saith unto his father, `They `are' my sons, whom God hath given to me in this `place';' and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.'

    10And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them;

    11and Israel saith unto Joseph, `To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.'

    12And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

    13and Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel's right, and bringeth `them' nigh to him.

    14And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth `it' upon the head of Ephraim, who `is' the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh `is' the first-born.

    15And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:

    16the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.'

    17And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;

    18and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this `is' the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'

    19And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'

  • Gen 48:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21And Israel saith unto Joseph, `Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;

    22and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'

  • Gen 48:3-6
    4 verses
    77%

    3And Jacob saith unto Joseph, `God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

    4and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

    5`And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they `are'; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;

    6and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance.

  • Gen 49:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; --

    26Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate `from' his brethren.

  • Num 26:28
    75%

    28Sons of Joseph by their families `are' Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 48:1
    74%

    1And it cometh to pass, after these things, that `one' saith to Joseph, `Lo, thy father is sick;' and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 50:23
    74%

    23and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third `generation'; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

  • Gen 49:28
    74%

    28All these `are' the twelve tribes of Israel, and this `is' that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

  • Gen 41:51-52
    2 verses
    74%

    51and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'

    52and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: `for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'

  • Gen 47:7
    73%

    7And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh.

  • Ezek 48:5
    73%

    5and by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim one,

  • Gen 46:20
    72%

    20And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) `are' Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

    4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'

  • Gen 27:29
    72%

    29peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee `are' cursed, and those who bless thee `are' blessed.'

  • Deut 33:16
    71%

    16And by precious things -- of earth and its fulness, And the good pleasure Of Him who is dwelling in the bush, -- Let it come for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of him Who is separate from his brethren.

  • Heb 11:20
    71%

    20By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;

  • Josh 17:17
    70%

    17And Joshua speaketh unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, `Thou `art' a numerous people, and hast great power; thou hast not one lot `only',

  • Isa 19:25
    70%

    25In that Jehovah of Hosts did bless it, saying, `Blessed `is' My people -- Egypt, And the work of My hands -- Asshur, And Mine inheritance -- Israel!'

  • Deut 33:1
    70%

    1And this `is' the blessing `with' which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death,

  • Deut 27:12
    70%

    12`These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.

  • Isa 9:21
    70%

    21Manasseh -- Ephraim, and Ephraim -- Manasseh, Together they `are' against Judah, With all this not turned back hath His anger. And still His hand is stretched out!

  • Josh 16:4
    70%

    4And the sons of Joseph -- Manasseh and Ephraim -- inherit.

  • Deut 33:13
    69%

    13And of Joseph he said: -- Blessed of Jehovah `is' his land, By precious things of the heavens, By dew, and by the deep crouching beneath,