Genesis 48:21

Ephraim's Greater Blessing

²⁰ So he blessed them that day with these words:

The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,”
putting Ephraim before Manasseh. ²¹ Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers. ²² Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Land of Your Fathers

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Canaan

Ephraim

Israel

Joseph

Manasseh

Genesis 46:4

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.”

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land He promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 26:3

stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:15

Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Genesis 12:5

He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people he had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 15:14

However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions.

Genesis 37:1

Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

Deuteronomy 1:1-46

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

Deuteronomy 31:8

The Lord is the One who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

Joshua 1:5

No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake you.

Joshua 1:9

Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 3:7

The Lord spoke to Joshua: “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they will know that I will be with you just as I was with Moses.

Joshua 23:14

“I am now going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

1 Kings 2:2-4

“As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and be courageous like a man,

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!
The God of my salvation is exalted.

Psalm 146:3-4

Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.

Zechariah 1:5-6

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

Luke 2:29

Now, Master,
You can dismiss Your slave in peace,
as You promised.

Acts 13:36

For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed.

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

Hebrews 7:3

without father, mother, or genealogy,
having neither beginning of days nor end of life,
but resembling the Son of God—

remains a priest forever.

Hebrews 7:8

In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.

Hebrews 7:23-25

Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office.

2 Peter 1:14

knowing that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has also shown me.