Genesis 48:19

His father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. Yet his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

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In The King James Version

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

In Context

18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head.”

20Israel blessed them that day with these words, 1 “The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying, 1 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh'.” In this way, Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:23Yahweh said to her, 1 “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. 1 One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 48:14Israel reached out with his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head. He crossed his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Numbers 2:19The number in his division is 40,500.

Deuteronomy 33:17The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he, 1 and his horns are the horns of a wild ox. 1 With them he will push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. 1 These are the ten thousands of Ephraim; 1 these are the thousands of Manasseh.

Isaiah 7:17Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house days unlike any since Ephraim seceded from Judah—he will bring on you the king of Assyria.” 1

Revelation 7:6twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, 1 twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, 1 twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh, 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 48:9-22

Jacob Blesses the Sons of Joseph; Jacob's Dying Prophecy. ( b. c. 1689.) 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God… Read the whole commentary →

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