Genesis 48:9

New English Translation

Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said, “Bring them to me so I may bless them.”

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 33:5

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

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Psalm 127:3

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

Isaiah 8:18

Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

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.

1 Samuel 1:20

After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, “I asked the Lord for him.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.