Genesis 48:9

New Living Translation

“Yes,” Joseph told him, “these are the sons God has given me here in Egypt.” And Jacob said, “Bring them closer to me, so I can bless them.”

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”

Genesis 30:2

Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. “Am I God?” he asked. “He’s the one who has kept you from having children!”

Genesis 33:5

Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked, “Who are these people with you?” “These are the children God has graciously given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied.

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.

Isaiah 8:18

I and the children the Lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the people of Israel before his death:

Hebrews 11:21

It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff.

1 Samuel 1:20

and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request.