Genesis 48:19

Modern English Version

His father refused and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He will also become a people, and he will also be great, but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:4

“Behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 25:23

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

Genesis 25:28

Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like 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, and in you and in your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 46:3

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

Genesis 48:14

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

Genesis 48:18

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

Isaiah 7:17

The Lord shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father’s house, days that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.”

Ezekiel 27:10

They of Persia and of Lydia and of Put were in your army, your men of war; they hung 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 numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 33:17

His glory is like the firstborn of his bull, and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox; with them he will push the peoples together to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Revelation 7:6

twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher were sealed, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali were sealed, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh were sealed,

Revelation 7:8

twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun were sealed, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph were sealed, and twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.