Genesis 48:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The 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.

Angel

Redeemed

My name

Acts 15:17

A multitude

Joshua 17:17

General references

Mark 10:16

Bible References

Angel

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.

Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:

Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.

But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.

Redeemed

My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

My name

And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.

If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.

Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.

So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.

So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

A multitude

Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;

And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.

Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only,

General references

And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.