Genesis 48:19

Modern King James Version

And his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great, but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he is, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Cross References

Genesis 17:4

As for Me, behold! My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

Genesis 25:23

And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, the older shall serve the younger.

Genesis 25:28

And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth. But Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 28:14

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

Genesis 46:3

And He said, I am God, the God of your fathers. Do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation.

Genesis 48:14

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands. For Manasseh was the first-born.

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father. For this is the first-born. Put your right hand on his head.

Isaiah 7:17

Jehovah shall bring on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, since the days that Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.

Ezekiel 27:10

Persia and Lud and Lydia were in your army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they set your splendor.

Deuteronomy 1:10

Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and, behold, today you are as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Deuteronomy 33:17

His glory is like the first-born of his bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Revelation 7:6

Out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand had been sealed.

Revelation 7:8

Out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand had been sealed.