Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 48

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Genesis 48 . 1 , Joseph with his sons visits his sick father; Genesis 48 . 2 , Jacob strengthens himself to bless them; Genesis 48 . 3 , He repeats God’s promise; Genesis 48 . 5 , He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons; Genesis 48 . 7 , He tells Joseph of his mother’s grave; Genesis 48 . 8 , He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; Genesis 48 . 17 , He prefers the younger before the elder; Genesis 48 . 21 , He prophesies their return to Canaan.

Genesis 48:1

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:1 · BSB

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Genesis 48:2

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

Genesis 48:2 · BSB

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Genesis 48:3

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

Genesis 48:3 · BSB

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Genesis 48:4

and told me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'

Genesis 48:4 · BSB

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Genesis 48:5

And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

Genesis 48:5 · BSB

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Genesis 48:6

Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.

Genesis 48:6 · BSB

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Genesis 48:7

Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 48:7 · BSB

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Genesis 48:8

When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

Genesis 48:8 · BSB

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Genesis 48:9

Joseph said to his father, "They are the sons God has given me in this place." So Jacob said, "Please bring them to me, that I may bless them."

Genesis 48:9 · BSB

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Genesis 48:10

Now Israel's eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

Genesis 48:10 · BSB

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Heb. heavy

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Genesis 48:11

"I never expected to see your face again," Israel said to Joseph, "but now God has let me see your children as well."

Genesis 48:11 · BSB

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Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed his sons from his father's knees and bowed facedown.

Genesis 48:12 · BSB

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Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render him forgetful of the respect due to his father. The Egyptians were remarkable for the reverence paid to old age . "for if a young person meet his senior , he instantly turns aside to make way for him; if an aged person enter an apartment , the youth always rise from their seats;" and Mr. Savary observes , that the same reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt

Genesis 48:13

And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand—and brought them close to him.

Genesis 48:13 · BSB

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Genesis 48:14

But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh's head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:14 · BSB

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Genesis 48:15

Then he blessed Joseph and said: "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Genesis 48:15 · BSB

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Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth."

Genesis 48:16 · BSB

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Heb. as fishes do increase

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Genesis 48:17

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, he was displeased and took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's.

Genesis 48:17 · BSB

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Heb. was evil in his eyes

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Genesis 48:18

"Not so, my father!" Joseph said. "This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

Genesis 48:18 · BSB

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Genesis 48:19

But his father refused. "I know, my son, I know!" he said. "He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations."

Genesis 48:19 · BSB

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multitude Heb. fulness

Genesis 48:20

So that day Jacob blessed them and said: "By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:20 · BSB

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Genesis 48:21

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

Genesis 48:21 · BSB

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Genesis 48:22

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow."

Genesis 48:22 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web7 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 → Genesis 48:13-20
Trajectories
Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election), Elisha (Double Portion of Spirit), Jacob (Transformed Supplanter), Shepherd (Divine Shepherd Christology)
Longitudinal Themes
Shepherd
Chiasms
Shaped Genesis 48:9–18
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