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Genesis 48:19 KJV
Genesis · chapter 48 · verse 19 · 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.Genesis 48:19 · King James Version
Genesis 48:19 in context
17And 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.
18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19And 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.
20And 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.
21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Key words (Strong's)
- refusedmâʼênto refuseH3985 →
- youngerqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- greatgâdalto be largeH1431 →
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