Most Popular Bible Verses in Genesis 48

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Verse ConceptsDeathbedsSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfGoing TogetherSick Individuals

Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

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Verse ConceptsPeople Naming PeopleAngels Looking After PeopleAngels Providing ProtectionMay God Bless!

The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
Bless the lads;
And may my name live on in them,
And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

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Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofSonsTwo SonsPeople Possessing Other Things

Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

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Verse ConceptsFirstbornHandsLaying On Of HandsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLeft HandsLaying On Hands To HealBlessings For The Right Hand

But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Verse ConceptsFighting Enemies

I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

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Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfUnhappiness

Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

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Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.

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Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”

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Verse ConceptsGod AppearingBlessed By God

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

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Verse ConceptsLike Good PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

He blessed them that day, saying,
“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,
‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Verse ConceptsHands On HeadsBlessings For The Right HandTroubling Individuals

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathGod Will Be With YouReturning to their landDeath Will Soon Happen

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalEternal Possessionfruitfulness

and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’

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Verse ConceptsPeople KissingOld Age, DisabilitiesArmsKissingOld Age, Attainment OfVisionDimness Of VisionKissesLimitations Of Old People

Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

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Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsSanctity Of LifeChildren, A Gift From GodPeople Who Blessed Others

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” So he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”

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Verse ConceptsKnees

Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.

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Verse ConceptsBedsGay Marriage

When it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed.

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Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attainment OfSeeing People

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well.”

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Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLaying On Hands To HealDissentBlessings For The Right Hand

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

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But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance.