Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

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Bible References

Said, i know it

Genesis 48:14
But Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head now he was the younger and his left hand on Manasseh's head; guiding his hands intelligently, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 17:20
And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because venison was to his taste; and Rebecca loved Jacob.
Numbers 1:33
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
Numbers 2:19
and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred.
Deuteronomy 33:17
His majesty is as the firstling of his ox; And his horns are as the horns of a buffalo. With them shall he push the peoples Together to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim, And these are the thousands of Manasseh.
Isaiah 7:17
Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah even the king of Assyria.
Ezekiel 27:10
Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.
Revelation 7:6
out of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Nepthalim, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand;

Become

Deuteronomy 1:10
Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Ruth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem;

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Numbers 1:35
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.