Genesis 48:9

Modern English Version

And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.” And he said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

And prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he said, “Who are those with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 49:28

These are all the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, each with the blessing appropriate to him.

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, according to the words of God, to exalt him, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwells in Mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped while leaning on the top of his staff.

1 Samuel 1:20

In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:27

For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.