Genesis 48:9

A Conservative Version

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, and I will bless them.

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

And make savory food for me, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee before I die.

Genesis 33:5

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given thy servant.

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.

Psalm 127:3

Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, [and] the fruit of the womb is [a] reward.

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:20

And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of LORD.

Deuteronomy 33:1

And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke to them and blessed them; every man according to his blessing he blessed them.

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?