The Book of Genesis-Verse by Verse

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Genesis 48:6 (KJV) And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

 

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Genesis 48:7 (KJV) And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

 

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Genesis 48:8 (KJV) And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

 

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Genesis 48:9 (KJV) 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.

 

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Genesis 48:10 (KJV) 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.

 

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Genesis 48:11 (KJV) And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

 

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Genesis 48:12 (KJV) And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

 

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Genesis 48:13 (KJV) And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

 

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Genesis 48:14 (KJV) And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

 

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Genesis 48:15 (KJV) And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

 

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Genesis 48:16 (KJV) The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

 

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Genesis 48:17 (KJV) And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

 

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Genesis 48:18 (KJV) And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

 

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Genesis 48:19 (KJV) 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.

 

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Genesis 48:20 (KJV) And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

 

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Genesis 48:21 (KJV) And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

 

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Genesis 48:22 (KJV) Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

 

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Genesis 49:1 (KJV) And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

 

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Genesis 49:2 (KJV) Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

 

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Genesis 49:3 (KJV) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: