Genesis 48:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

He responded, "They are my sons, whom God gave to me as a gift in this place." "Bring them to me," he said, "so that I may bless them."

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

make from it a small meal for me, just as you know I like, and bring it, so that I may eat and my soul may bless you before I die."

Genesis 30:2

Jacob, being angry, responded to her, "Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of your womb?"

Genesis 33:5

And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: "What do these want for themselves?" and "Are they related to you?" He responded, "These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, your servant."

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings.

1 Chronicles 25:5

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

Psalm 127:3

Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold: I and my children, whom the Lord has given to me as a sign and a portent, in Israel, from the Lord of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 33:1

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

Hebrews 11:21

By faith, Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and he reverenced the summit of his rod.

1 Samuel 1:20

And it happened that, in the course of days, Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, because she had requested him from the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.