Genesis 48:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will invoke blessings, saying, ‘God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

Cross References

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”

Genesis 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.

Numbers 13:11

from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;

Numbers 13:16

These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.

Numbers 13:8

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

Numbers 7:48

On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites:

Numbers 7:54

On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites:

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 17:14

The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, whom all along the Lord has blessed?”