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
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 25:28
Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
Numbers 1:33
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
Numbers 2:19
His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
Deuteronomy 33:17
The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."
Isaiah 7:17
Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
Ezekiel 27:10
Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
Revelation 7:6
of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

Become

Deuteronomy 1:10
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
Ruth 4:11
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

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