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Genesis Chapter 48

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In Genesis 48 Jacob’s sons travel to Egypt where they present gifts to Joseph, and Jacob blesses each of them, giving land to their families. The chapter highlights the fulfillment of God’s promise to give each son a portion of the land, showing God’s faithfulness and the family’s unity.

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(1) And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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John 11:3Genesis 41:50Genesis 41:51Genesis 41:52Genesis 46:20Genesis 50:23Job 42:16Psalms 128:6

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Genesis 48:20Isaiah 9:21Genesis 37:28Genesis 46:20Genesis 48:13Numbers 1:10

(2) And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
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Deuteronomy 3:28I Samuel 23:16Nehemiah 2:18Psalms 41:3Proverbs 23:15Ephesians 6:10

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II Kings 6:32Proverbs 1:27Genesis 37:28

(3) And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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Genesis 17:1Genesis 28:3Genesis 35:11Exodus 6:3Revelation 21:11Genesis 28:12Genesis 28:13Genesis 28:14Genesis 28:15Genesis 28:16Genesis 28:17Genesis 28:18

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Genesis 28:6Genesis 47:14Genesis 37:28

(4) And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
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Genesis 12:2Genesis 13:15Genesis 13:16Genesis 22:17Genesis 26:4Genesis 28:3Genesis 28:13Genesis 28:14Genesis 28:15Genesis 32:12Genesis 35:11Genesis 46:3

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Genesis 26:4Genesis 16:10Genesis 17:7Genesis 17:8Genesis 22:17Exodus 32:13

(5) And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
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Genesis 41:50Genesis 41:51Genesis 41:52Genesis 46:20Joshua 13:7Joshua 14:4Joshua 16:1Joshua 16:2Joshua 16:3Joshua 16:4Joshua 16:5Joshua 16:6

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Genesis 48:20Isaiah 9:21Genesis 46:20II Chronicles 15:9II Chronicles 34:6Joshua 17:8

(6) And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
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Joshua 14:4

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 26:54Joshua 19:9Leviticus 15:3

(7) And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
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Genesis 25:20Genesis 35:9Genesis 35:16Genesis 35:17Genesis 35:18Genesis 35:19I Samuel 10:2Matthew 2:18Ruth 1:2I Samuel 1:1I Samuel 17:12Micah 5:2

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Genesis 35:19Genesis 35:16Judges 12:10II Chronicles 24:25Luke 16:22Genesis 49:31

(8) And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
(9) And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
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Genesis 30:2Genesis 33:5Ruth 4:11Ruth 4:12Ruth 4:13Ruth 4:14I Samuel 1:20I Samuel 1:27I Samuel 2:20I Samuel 2:21I Chronicles 25:5I Chronicles 26:4

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(10) Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
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Genesis 27:1I Samuel 3:2I Samuel 4:15Isaiah 6:10Isaiah 59:1Genesis 27:27Genesis 31:55Genesis 45:15I Kings 19:20

(11) And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
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Genesis 37:33Genesis 37:35Genesis 42:36Genesis 45:26Ephesians 3:20

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(12) And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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Genesis 18:2Genesis 19:1Genesis 23:7Genesis 33:3Genesis 42:6Exodus 20:12Exodus 34:8Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:32I Kings 2:19II Kings 4:37Proverbs 31:28

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Genesis 33:7Judges 5:27Genesis 37:28

(13) And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Deuteronomy 28:54

(14) And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
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Exodus 15:6Psalms 110:1Psalms 118:16Numbers 8:10Numbers 8:18Deuteronomy 34:9Matthew 19:13Matthew 19:15Matthew 6:5Matthew 16:18Luke 4:40Luke 13:13

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Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Joshua 17:1Genesis 48:17Numbers 3:13

(15) And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
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Genesis 48:16Genesis 27:4Genesis 28:3Genesis 49:28Deuteronomy 33:1Hebrews 11:21Genesis 5:22Genesis 5:23Genesis 5:24Genesis 6:9Genesis 17:1Genesis 24:20

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Genesis 25:11Genesis 24:1Genesis 27:33Genesis 28:6Psalms 72:17Genesis 25:6

(16) The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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Genesis 16:7Genesis 16:8Genesis 16:9Genesis 16:10Genesis 16:11Genesis 16:12Genesis 16:13Genesis 28:15Genesis 31:11Genesis 31:12Genesis 31:13Exodus 3:2

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Psalms 115:12Genesis 22:11II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15Genesis 23:16Genesis 25:6

(17) And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
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Genesis 28:8Genesis 38:10Numbers 11:1Numbers 22:34I Samuel 16:7I Kings 16:25I Chronicles 21:7Proverbs 24:18Romans 9:7Romans 9:8Romans 9:11

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Genesis 48:14Genesis 37:2Genesis 46:31Genesis 50:22Genesis 37:28Judges 12:4

(18) And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
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Genesis 19:18Exodus 10:11Matthew 25:9Acts 10:14Acts 11:8Genesis 27:15Genesis 29:26Genesis 43:33Genesis 49:3

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Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Numbers 3:13Joshua 17:1I Chronicles 5:1

(19) 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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Genesis 48:14Genesis 17:20Genesis 17:21Genesis 25:28Numbers 1:33Numbers 1:34Numbers 1:35Numbers 2:19Numbers 2:20Numbers 2:21Deuteronomy 33:17Isaiah 7:17

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Psalms 69:22Isaiah 14:10Lamentations 1:1Ezekiel 36:35Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26

(20) And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
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Genesis 24:60Genesis 28:3Ruth 4:11Ruth 4:12Numbers 2:18Numbers 2:19Numbers 2:20Numbers 2:21Numbers 7:48Numbers 7:54Numbers 10:22Numbers 10:23

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Isaiah 9:21Joshua 17:8Joshua 17:9Judges 12:4Isaiah 11:13Genesis 46:20

(21) And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Genesis 50:24I Kings 2:2I Kings 2:3I Kings 2:4Psalms 146:3Psalms 146:4Zechariah 1:5Zechariah 1:6Luke 2:29Acts 13:36II Timothy 4:6Hebrews 7:3

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Genesis 37:28

(22) Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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Genesis 33:19Deuteronomy 21:17Joshua 24:32I Chronicles 5:2Ezekiel 47:13John 4:5Genesis 15:16Genesis 34:28Joshua 17:14Joshua 17:15Joshua 17:16Joshua 17:17

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Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31Ezekiel 45:7

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