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Genesis 48

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  1. 1And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.14 cross-references: Genesis 46:20, Genesis 50:23, Genesis 41:50–52, John 11:3, Psalms 128:6
  2. 2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.7 cross-references: Nehemiah 2:18, Deuteronomy 3:28, Psalms 41:3, Proverbs 23:15, 1 Samuel 23:16
  3. 3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,24 cross-references: Genesis 35:9–12, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 28:3, Exodus 6:3, Genesis 28:12–19
  4. 4And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.24 cross-references: Genesis 17:8, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 17:13
  5. 5And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.30 cross-references: Genesis 41:50–52, Joshua 14:4, Genesis 46:20, 1 Chronicles 5:1–2, Joshua 13:7
  6. 6And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.1 cross-reference: Joshua 14:4
  7. 7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem.15 cross-references: Genesis 35:16–19, Matthew 2:18, Genesis 35:9, 1 Samuel 10:2, Genesis 25:20
  8. 8And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
  9. 9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.25 cross-references: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 33:5, Hebrews 11:21, 1 Samuel 2:20–21, Isaiah 56:3–5
  10. 10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.16 cross-references: Genesis 27:27, Genesis 27:1, 1 Kings 19:20, Isaiah 6:10, Genesis 45:15
  11. 11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.8 cross-references: Ephesians 3:20, Genesis 45:26, Genesis 37:33, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:36
  12. 12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.13 cross-references: Genesis 42:6, Ephesians 6:1, 2 Kings 4:37, Leviticus 19:3, Exodus 20:12
  13. 13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
  14. 14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.28 cross-references: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 8:18, Exodus 15:6, Luke 13:13, Acts 13:3
  15. 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,64 cross-references: Genesis 17:1, Colossians 2:6, Genesis 28:3, Ecclesiastes 5:12, Genesis 48:16
  16. 16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.79 cross-references: Psalms 34:22, Genesis 49:22, Genesis 48:5, Joshua 17:17, 2 Timothy 4:18
  17. 17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.12 cross-references: Genesis 48:14, Romans 9:7–8, Proverbs 24:18, Genesis 38:10, Genesis 28:8
  18. 18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.13 cross-references: Acts 11:8, Acts 10:14, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 43:33, Genesis 49:3
  19. 19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.27 cross-references: Deuteronomy 33:17, Genesis 17:20–21, Genesis 25:28, Numbers 1:33–35, Ezekiel 27:10
  20. 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.15 cross-references: Genesis 24:60, Ruth 4:11–12, Genesis 28:3, Numbers 2:18–21, Numbers 10:22–23
  21. 21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.38 cross-references: Genesis 50:24, Genesis 46:4, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 28:15, Hebrews 7:23–25
  22. 22Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.17 cross-references: John 4:5, Joshua 24:32, 1 Chronicles 5:2, Deuteronomy 21:17, Genesis 15:16

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Joseph, Jacob, Manasseh, Ephraim, God, Abraham, Isaac, Reuben, Simeon, Rachel

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Canaan, Luz, Egypt, Bethlehem, Ephrath, Paddan