Genesis 48:19

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

His father refused, and said, *I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations.*

Cross References

Genesis 17:4

*As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 25:23

The LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.

Genesis 25:28

Now Yitzchak loved Esav, because he ate his venison. Rivka loved Ya`akov.

Genesis 28:14

Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 46:3

He said, *I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

Genesis 48:14

Yisra'el stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Efrayim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Menasheh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Menasheh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:18

Yosef said to his father, *Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.*

Isaiah 7:17

The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Efrayim departed from Yehudah; even the king of Ashur.

Ezekiel 27:10

Paras and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.

Deuteronomy 33:17

The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Efrayim. They are the thousands of Menasheh.

Revelation 7:6

of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naftali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Menasheh twelve thousand,

Revelation 7:8

of the tribe of Zevulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Yosef twelve thousand, of the tribe of Binyamin were sealed twelve thousand.