Genesis 48:9

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them to me, I pray you, that I may bless them.

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

And prepare me appetizing meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat of it, [preparatory] to giving you my blessing [as my firstborn] before I die.

Genesis 33:5

[Esau] looked up and saw the women and the children and said, Who are these with you? And [Jacob] replied, They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.

Hebrews 11:21

[Prompted] by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in prayer over the top of his staff. [Gen. 48.]

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and wonders [that are to take place] in Israel from the Lord of hosts, Who dwells on Mount Zion.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. [Deut. 28:4.]

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer [his mediator] in the words and things of God to exalt Him; for God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters, [Ps. 68:25.]

1 Samuel 1:27

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted my petition made to Him.

1 Samuel 1:20

Hannah became pregnant and in due time bore a son and named him Samuel [heard of God], Because, she said, I have asked him of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 33:1

THIS IS the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the Israelites before his death.

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing suited to him.

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob became very angry with Rachel and he said, Am I in God's stead, Who has denied you children?