Genesis 48:5

New English Translation

“Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Cross References

Genesis 46:20

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.

Genesis 48:1

After these things Joseph was told, “Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Genesis 48:6

Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

Psalm 77:16

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

Isaiah 43:1

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Ezekiel 16:8

“‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Ezekiel 47:13

This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here are the borders you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.)

Leviticus 20:26

You must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

Malachi 3:17

“They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

Numbers 1:10

from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.

Ephesians 1:5

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will –

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.

Joshua 13:7

Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Joshua 14:4

The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.