Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:50-52 : 50 Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother. 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.” 52 He named the second child Ephraim, saying,“Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
  • Gen 46:20 : 20 Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 Joseph 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.
  • Job 42:16 : 16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!
  • John 11:3 : 3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,“Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”