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Genesis Chapter 48

Genesis

gen 48:0

Overview

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

Genesis 48:1

gen 48:1

thy father: Joh 11:3

his two sons: Gen 41:50-52, Gen 46:20, Gen 50:23; Job 42:16; Psa 128:6

Genesis 48:2

gen 48:2

strengthened: Deu 3:28; Sa1 23:16; Neh 2:18; Psa 41:3; Pro 23:15; Eph 6:10

Genesis 48:3

gen 48:3

God: Gen 17:1, Gen 28:3, Gen 35:11; Exo 6:3; Rev 21:11

appeared: Gen 28:12-19, Gen 35:6, Gen 35:7, Gen 35:9, Gen 35:11, Gen 35:12; Hos 12:4

Luz: Jdg 1:23

Genesis 48:4

gen 48:4

Behold I: Gen 12:2, Gen 13:15, Gen 13:16, Gen 22:17, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:3, Gen 28:13-15, Gen 32:12, Gen 35:11, Gen 46:3, Gen 47:27; Exo 1:7, Exo 1:11

will give: Deu 32:8; Amo 9:14, Amo 9:15

everlasting: Gen 17:8, Gen 17:13

Genesis 48:5

gen 48:5

two sons: Gen 41:50-52, Gen 46:20; Jos 13:7, Jos 14:4, 16:1-17:18

are mine: Lev 20:26; Num 1:10, Num 1:32-35, Num 26:28-37; Isa 43:1; Eze 16:8; Mal 3:17; Co2 6:18; Eph 1:5

Reuben: Ch1 5:1, Ch1 5:2; Rev 7:6, Rev 7:7

Genesis 48:6

gen 48:6

and shall be called: Jos 14:4

Genesis 48:7

gen 48:7

Padan: Gen 25:20

Rachel: Gen 35:9, Gen 35:16-19; Sa1 10:2; Mat 2:18, to Ephrath, Rut 1:2; Sa1 1:1, Sa1 17:12; Mic 5:2

Genesis 48:9

gen 48:9

my sons: Gen 30:2, Gen 33:5; Rut 4:11-14; Sa1 1:20, Sa1 1:27, Sa1 2:20, Sa1 2:21; Ch1 25:5, Ch1 26:4, Ch1 26:5; Psa 127:3; Isa 8:18, Isa 56:3-5

bless them: Gen 27:4, Gen 27:28, Gen 27:29, Gen 27:34-40, Gen 28:3, Gen 28:4, Gen 49:28; Deu 33:1; Heb 11:21

Genesis 48:10

gen 48:10

the eyes: Gen 27:1; Sa1 3:2, Sa1 4:15

dim: Heb. heavy, Isa 6:10, Isa 59:1

kissed: Gen 27:27, Gen 31:55, Gen 45:15; Kg1 19:20

Genesis 48:11

gen 48:11

I had not: Gen 37:33, Gen 37:35, Gen 42:36, Gen 45:26

God: Eph 3:20

Genesis 48:12

gen 48:12

he bowed himself: 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. Gen 18:2, Gen 19:1, Gen 23:7, Gen 33:3, Gen 42:6; Exo 20:12, Exo 34:8; Lev 19:3, Lev 19:32; Kg1 2:19; Kg2 4:37; Pro 31:28; Eph 6:1

Genesis 48:14

gen 48:14

his right hand: Exo 15:6; Psa 110:1, Psa 118:16

and laid: Num 8:10, Num 8:18; Deu 34:9; Mat 19:13, Mat 19:15, Mat 6:5, Mat 16:18; Luk 4:40, Luk 13:13; Act 6:6; Act 8:17-19, Act 13:3; Ti1 4:14, Ti1 5:22

guiding: Gen 48:19

firstborn: Gen 48:18, Gen 41:51, Gen 46:20

Genesis 48:15

gen 48:15

blessed: Gen 48:16, Gen 27:4, Gen 28:3, Gen 49:28; Deu 33:1; Heb 11:21

did walk: Gen 5:22-24, Gen 6:9, Gen 17:1, Gen 24:20; Kg1 3:6; Psa 16:8; Isa 30:21; Jer 8:2; Luk 1:6; Co1 10:31; Co2 1:12; Col 2:6; Th1 2:12

fed me: Gen 28:20, Gen 28:22; Psa 23:1, Psa 37:3, Psa 103:4, Psa 103:5; Ecc 2:24, Ecc 2:25, Ecc 5:12, Ecc 5:18, Ecc 6:7; Isa 33:16; Mat 6:25-34; Ti1 6:6-10

Genesis 48:16

gen 48:16

Angel: Gen 16:7-13, Gen 28:15, Gen 31:11-13; Exo 3:2-6, Exo 23:20, Exo 23:21; Jdg 2:1-4, Jdg 6:21-24; Jdg 13:21, Jdg 13:22; Psa 34:7, Psa 34:22, Psa 121:7; Isa 47:4, Isa 63:9; Hos 12:4, Hos 12:5; Mal 3:1; Act 7:30-35; Co1 10:4, Co1 10:9

redeemed: Psa 34:2; Mat 6:13; Joh 17:15; Rom 8:23; Ti2 4:18; Tit 2:14

my name: Gen 48:5, Gen 32:28; Deu 28:10; Ch2 7:14; Jer 14:9; Amo 9:12; Act 15:17

grow into: Heb. as fishes do increase, Gen 1:21, Gen 1:22; Num 1:46, Num 26:34, Num 26:37; Fish are the most prolific of all animals. a tench lays 1,000 eggs, a carp 20,000, and Leuwenhoek counted in a middling sized cod, 9,384,000.

a multitude: Gen 49:22; Exo 1:7; Num 26:28-37; Deu 33:17; Jos 17:17

Genesis 48:17

gen 48:17

laid his: Gen 48:14

displeased him: Heb. was evil in his eyes, Gen 28:8, Gen 38:10; Num 11:1, Num 22:34 *marg. Sa1 16:7; Kg1 16:25; Ch1 21:7; Pro 24:18; Rom 9:7, Rom 9:8, Rom 9:11

Genesis 48:18

gen 48:18

Not so: Gen 19:18; Exo 10:11; Mat 25:9; Act 10:14, Act 11:8

for this: Gen 27:15, Gen 29:26, Gen 43:33, Gen 49:3

Genesis 48:19

gen 48:19

I know it: Gen 48:14, Gen 17:20, Gen 17:21, Gen 25:28; Num 1:33-35, Num 2:19-21; Deu 33:17; Isa 7:17; Eze 27:10; Rev 7:6, Rev 7:8

become: Deu 1:10; Rut 4:11, Rut 4:12

multitude: Heb. fulness

Genesis 48:20

gen 48:20

Israel bless: Gen 24:60, Gen 28:3; Rut 4:11, Rut 4:12

and he set: Num 2:18-21, Num 7:48, Num 7:54, Num 10:22, Num 10:23, Num 13:8, Num 13:11, Num 13:16

Genesis 48:21

gen 48:21

Behold: Gen 50:24; Kg1 2:2-4; Psa 146:3, Psa 146:4; Zac 1:5, Zac 1:6; Luk 2:29; Act 13:36; Ti2 4:6; Heb 7:3, Heb 7:8, Heb 7:23-25; Pe2 1:14

God: Gen 15:14, Gen 28:15, Gen 46:4; Deut. 1:1-46, Deu 31:8; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9, Jos 3:7, Jos 23:14, 24:1-33; Psa 18:46

land: Gen 12:5, Gen 26:3, Gen 37:1

Genesis 48:22

gen 48:22

given: Gen 33:19; Deu 21:17; Jos 24:32; Ch1 5:2; Eze 47:13; Joh 4:5

Amorite: Gen 15:16, Gen 34:28; Jos 17:14-18; Jdg 11:23; Amo 2:9


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