Genesis 50:23

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He saw his grandchildren, Ephraim’s children. Even the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, were adopted by Joseph at birth.

Cross References

Numbers 32:39

The descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead, captured it, and forced out the Amorites who were there.

Job 42:16

Job lived 140 years after this. He saw his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Genesis 30:3

She said, “Here’s my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her. She can have children for me, and I can build a family for myself through her.”

Psalm 128:6

May you live to see your children’s children. Let there be peace in Israel!

Joshua 17:1

The lot was drawn for the tribe of Manasseh, because Manasseh was Joseph’s firstborn. Machir, Manasseh’s firstborn, the ancestor of the people living in Gilead, had received Gilead and Bashan because he was a soldier.

Numbers 32:33

So Moses gave the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph, the kingdoms of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and its surrounding territory.

Genesis 48:19

His father refused and said, “I know, Son, I know! Manasseh, too, will become a nation, and he, too, will be important. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be more important than he, and his descendants will become many nations.”

Genesis 49:12

His eyes are darker than wine. His teeth are whiter than milk.

Genesis 50:22

Joseph and his father’s family stayed in Egypt. Joseph lived to be 110 years old.

1 Chronicles 7:14

Manasseh’s sons were Asriel and Machir. Their mother was Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. Machir was the first to settle Gilead.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of grandparents, and parents are the glory of their children.