Genesis 48:9

New American Bible - revised edition

“They are my sons,” Joseph answered his father, “whom God has given me here.” “Bring them to me,” said his father, “that I may bless them.”

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

Then prepare for me a dish in the way I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 33:5

Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children and asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “They are the children with whom God has graciously favored your servant.”

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said about them, as he blessed them. To each he gave a suitable blessing.

1 Chronicles 25:5

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

Psalm 127:3

Certainly sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.

Isaiah 8:18

Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me: we are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before he died.

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and “bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.”

1 Samuel 1:20

She conceived and, at the end of her pregnancy, bore a son whom she named Samuel. “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted my request.