Genesis 48:19

Legacy Standard Bible

But 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 shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of nations.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:4

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 25:23

And Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:28

Isaac loved Esau because he had an appetite for hunted game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 28:14

And your seed will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

Genesis 46:3

And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

Genesis 48:14

But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

Isaiah 7:17

Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days which have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

Ezekiel 27:10

“Persia and Lud and Put were in your military force, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your majesty.

Deuteronomy 1:10

Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Deuteronomy 33:17

“As the firstborn of his ox, splendor is his, And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; With them he will push the peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth. And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Revelation 7:6

from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

Revelation 7:8

from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin, 12,000 having been sealed.