Genesis 48:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”

Cross References

Genesis 27:4

Then prepare for me savory food, such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob 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 said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Psalm 127:3

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Isaiah 8:18

See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.

Hebrews 11:21

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

1 Samuel 1:20

In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:27

For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him.