Genesis 48:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:33

He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.

Genesis 42:36

And their father Jacob said to them, “I am the one you have bereaved of children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has happened to me!”

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive! He is even ruler over all the land of Egypt.” He was stunned; he could not believe them.

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he could not see well. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Psalm 128:6

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

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,