Genesis 48:19

Overview - Genesis 48
Joseph with his sons visits his sick father.
Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.
He repeats God's promise.
He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons.
He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.
He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
17 He prefers the younger before the elder.
21 He prophesies their return to Canaan.
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Genesis 48:19  (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.
 


said, I know it
14 ; Genesis 17:20 Genesis 17:21 25:28 Numbers 1:33-35 ; 2:19-21 Deuteronomy 33:17 ; Isaiah 7:17
Ezekiel 27:10 ; Revelation 7:6 Revelation 7:8

become
Deuteronomy 1:10 ; Ruth 4:11 Ruth 4:12

multitude
Hebrew fulness.