Genesis 48:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 46:20

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

Genesis 48:2

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” he summoned his strength and sat up in bed.

Genesis 48:5

Therefore your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are now mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 50:23

Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children of Machir son of Manasseh were also born on Joseph’s knees.

2 Kings 13:14

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, King Joash of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

2 Kings 13:20

So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.

Job 42:16

After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and his children’s children, four generations.

Psalm 128:6

May you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

John 11:3

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, “bowing in worship over the top of his staff.”

Joshua 14:4

For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and no portion was given to the Levites in the land but only towns to live in, with their pasturelands for their flocks and herds.