Genesis 48:9

New King James 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 make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 33:5

And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So he said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt his horn. For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Psalm 127:3

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

Isaiah 8:18

Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me! We are for signs and 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 children of Israel before his death.

Hebrews 11:21

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

1 Samuel 1:20

So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:27

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