Genesis 48:19

A Conservative Version

And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:17

The firstling of his herd, majesty is his. And 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. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thou

Genesis 25:28

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob.

Revelation 7:8

twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed.

Revelation 7:6

twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh,

Ezekiel 27:10

Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in thee. They set forth thy comeliness.

Isaiah 7:17

LORD will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah--[even] the king of Assyria.

Deuteronomy 1:10

LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Genesis 48:14

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 deliberately, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 17:4

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 46:3

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father. Fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will there make of thee a great nation.

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

Genesis 25:23

And LORD said to her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.