Genesis 48:5

Good News Translation

Jacob continued, “Joseph, your two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon.

Cross References

Genesis 46:20

In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis.

Genesis 48:1

Some time later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob.

Genesis 48:6

If you have any more sons, they will not be considered mine; the inheritance they get will come through Ephraim and Manasseh.

Psalm 77:16

When the waters saw you, O God, they were afraid, and the depths of the sea trembled.

Isaiah 43:1

Israel, the Lord who created you says, “Do not be afraid—I will save you. I have called you by name—you are mine.

Ezekiel 16:8

“As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.

Ezekiel 47:13

The Sovereign Lord said, “These are the boundaries of the land that is to be divided among the twelve tribes, with the tribe of Joseph receiving two sections.

Leviticus 20:26

You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the Lord and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

Malachi 3:17

“They will be my people,” says the Lord Almighty. “On the day when I act, they will be my very own. I will be merciful to them as parents are merciful to the children who serve them.

2 Corinthians 6:18

I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Ephesians 1:5

God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children—this was his pleasure and purpose.

Hebrews 11:21

It was faith that made Jacob bless each of the sons of Joseph just before he died. He leaned on the top of his walking stick and worshiped God.

Joshua 13:7

Now then, divide this land among the other nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh, for them to possess as their own.”