Bible Cross References
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Psalm 136:11
He led the people of Israel out of Egypt; his love is eternal;
Psalm 136:12
with his strong hand, his powerful arm; his love is eternal.
Exodus 6:6
So tell the Israelites that I say to them, 'I am the LORD; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.
Deuteronomy 9:26
And I prayed, 'Sovereign LORD, don't destroy your own people, the people you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your great strength and power.
Deuteronomy 9:29
After all, these are the people whom you chose to be your own and whom you brought out of Egypt by your great power and might.'
Isaiah 63:9
from all their suffering. It was not an angel, but the LORD himself who saved them. In his love and compassion he rescued them. He had always taken care of them in the past,
the sons
Genesis 48:3-20
3
Jacob said to Joseph, "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
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He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.' "
5
Jacob continued, "Joseph, your two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon.
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If you have any more sons, they will not be considered mine; the inheritance they get will come through Ephraim and Manasseh.
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I am doing this because of your mother Rachel. To my great sorrow she died in the land of Canaan, not far from Ephrath, as I was returning from Mesopotamia. I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath." (Ephrath is now known as Bethlehem.)
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When Jacob saw Joseph's sons, he asked, "Who are these boys?"
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Joseph answered, "These are my sons, whom God has given me here in Egypt." Jacob said, "Bring them to me so that I may bless them."
10
Jacob's eyesight was failing because of his age, and he could not see very well. Joseph brought the boys to him, and he hugged them and kissed them.
11
Jacob said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your children."
12
Then Joseph took them from Jacob's lap and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.
13
Joseph put Ephraim at Jacob's left and Manasseh at his right.
14
But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the older.
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Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!
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May the angel, who has rescued me from all harm, bless them! May my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac live on through these boys! May they have many children, many descendants!"
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Joseph was upset when he saw that his father had put his right hand on Ephraim's head; so he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to the head of Manasseh.
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He said to his father, "Not that way, father. This is the older boy; put your right hand on his head."
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His father refused, saying, "I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations."
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So he blessed them that day, saying, "The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh.