Thematic Bible
Genesis 48:1 (show verse)
And it shall be after these words, and it will be said to Joseph, Behold, thy father was sick: and he will take his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:2 (show verse)
And it will be announced to Jacob, and it will be said, Behold, thy son Joseph came to thee: and Israel will be strengthened and will sit upon the rod.
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Genesis 48:3 (show verse)
And Jacob will say to Joseph, God Almighty was seen to me in Luz in the land of Canaan, and he will bless me.
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Genesis 48:4 (show verse)
And he will say to me, Behold, I making thee fruitful, and I multiplied thee, and I gave thee for an assembly of people; and I gave this land to thy seed after thee a possession forever.
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Genesis 48:5 (show verse)
And now, thy two sons having been born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to thee to Egypt, they are to me: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be to me as Reuben and Simeon.
Genesis 48:6 (show verse)
And thy progeny which thou didst beget after them, shall be to thee; after the name of their brethren shall they be called in their inheritance.
Genesis 48:7 (show verse)
And I in my coming from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, in yet a length of land to go to Ephrath: and I shall bury her there in the way of Ephmth; this the house of bread.
Genesis 48:8 (show verse)
And Israel will see Joseph's sons, and will say, Who are these?
Genesis 48:9 (show verse)
And Joseph will say to his father, They are my sons which God gave me here. And he will say, Bring them now to me, and I will bless them.
Genesis 48:10 (show verse)
And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he will not be able to see; and he will draw them near to him, and he will kiss them, and embrace them.
Genesis 48:11 (show verse)
And Israel will say to Joseph, To see thy face I thought not; and behold, God caused me to see also thy seed.
Genesis 48:12 (show verse)
And Joseph will bring them forth from his knees, and will bow himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis 48:13 (show verse)
And Joseph will take the two, Ephraim in his right hand from Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand from Israel's right hand, and will draw near to him.
Genesis 48:14 (show verse)
And Israel will put forth his right hand, and will place upon Ephraim's head, and he the small; and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, attending to his hands wisely; for Manasseh was the first-born.
Genesis 48:15 (show verse)
And he will bless Joseph, and will say, God, before whom my fathers went, Abraham and Isaak, the God having fed me, from ever since I was till this day.
Genesis 48:16 (show verse)
The messenger redeeming me from all evil, shall bless the youths; and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaak and they shall be increased into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Genesis 48:17 (show verse)
And Joseph will see that his father will put his right hand upon Ephraim's head, and it will be evil in his eyes: and he will take hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
Genesis 48:18 (show verse)
And Joseph will say to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
Genesis 48:19 (show verse)
And his father will refuse and will say, I knew my son, I knew: this also shall be into a people, and this also shall be great: and yet his brother the small, shall be great more than he, and his seed shall be a fulness of nations.
Genesis 48:20 (show verse)
And he will bless them in that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, Will God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he will set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 48:21 (show verse)
And Israel will say to Joseph, I am dying: and God was with you and turned you back to the land of your fathers.
Genesis 48:22 (show verse)
And I gave to thee one shoulder over thy brethren, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.