Genesis 48:15

Ephraim's Greater Blessing

¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his right hand and put [it] on the head of Ephraim (now he was the younger), and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh [was] the firstborn. ¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph and said, "The God before whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked, The God who shepherded me {all my life} unto this day, ¹⁶ The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

My Father

This Very Day

To This Day

Until This Day

Abraham

Isaac

Israel

Jacob

Joseph

Genesis 17:1

When Abram [was] ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless

Genesis 5:22-24

And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

Genesis 6:9

These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah [was] a righteous man, without defect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Genesis 24:20

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water. And she drew water for all his camels.

Genesis 27:4

Then make for me tasty food like I love, and bring [it] to me. And I will eat [it] so that I can bless you before I die.

Genesis 28:3

Now, may El-Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become an assembly of peoples.

Genesis 28:20

And Jacob made a vow saying, "If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 28:22

And this stone that I have set up [as] a pillar shall be the house of God, and [of] all that you give to me I will certainly give a tenth to you."

Genesis 48:16

The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

Genesis 49:24

But his bow remained in a steady position; {his arms} were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From there [is] the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

Genesis 49:28

All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] what their father said to them when he blessed them, each according to their blessing.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Now this [is] the blessing [with] which Moses, the man of God, blessed the {Israelites} {before} his death.

1 Kings 3:6

Then Solomon said, "You have shown great loyal love with your servant David my father, as he walked before you in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you. You have shown for him this great loyal love, and you have given a son to him who is sitting on his throne as [it is] this day.

Psalm 16:8

I have set Yahweh before me always. Because [he is] at my right hand I will not be shaken.

Psalm 23:1

Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack [for anything].

Psalm 37:3

Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.

Psalm 103:4-5

who redeems your life from [the] pit, who crowns you with loyal love and mercies,

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and {find delight} in his toil. For I also realized that this [is] from the hand of God!

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the laborer [is] pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and {to enjoy} all [the fruit of] the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him--for this [is] his lot.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All of a man's toil [is] for his mouth-- yet his appetite is never satisfied.

Isaiah 30:21

And your ears shall hear a word from behind you, saying, "this [is] the way; walk in it," when you go to your right and when you go to your left.

Isaiah 33:16

That one will live [on the] heights; [the] fortresses of rocks [will be] his refuge. His food [will] be given; his waters [will] endure.

Jeremiah 8:2

And they shall spread them out before the sun, and before the moon, and before all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and which they have gone after, and which they have inquired about, and to which they have bowed in worship. They shall not be gathered, and they shall not be buried; they will be like dung on the surface of the ground.

Matthew 6:25-34

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all [things] for the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and purity of motive from God, not in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.

Colossians 2:6

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him,

1 Thessalonians 2:12

exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

1 Timothy 6:6-10

But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, [as he] was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, [leaning] on the top of his staff.