Verse 19

And 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;'

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 33:17 : 17 His honour `is' a firstling of his ox, And his horns `are' horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they `are' the myriads of Ephraim, And they `are' the thousands of Manasseh.
  • 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.'
  • Isa 7:17 : 17 Jehovah bringeth on thee, and on thy people, And on the house of thy father, Days that have not come, Even from the day of the turning aside of Ephraim from Judah, By the king of Asshur.
  • Ezek 27:10 : 10 Persian and Lud and Phut Have been in thy forces -- thy men of war. Shield and helmet they hung up in thee, They -- they have given out thine honour.
  • Rev 7:6 : 6 of the tribe of Asher 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh 12 thousand were sealed;
  • Rev 7:8 : 8 of the tribe of Zebulun 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin 12 thousand were sealed.
  • Gen 17:20-21 : 20 As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation; 21 and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'
  • Gen 25:28 : 28 and Isaac loveth Esau, for `his' hunting `is' in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.
  • Gen 48:14 : 14 And 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.
  • Num 1:33-35 : 33 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, `are' forty thousand and five hundred. 34 Of the sons of Manasseh -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- 35 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, `are' two and thirty thousand and two hundred.
  • Num 2:19-21 : 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.
  • Deut 1:10 : 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye `are' to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude;