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Genesis 48:9

Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”

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ASV

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יוֹסֵף֙yo.SefJosephH3130 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אָבִ֔יו'a.Vivfather hisH1 →
בָּנַ֣יba.Nai[are] sons myH1121 →
הֵ֔םHemtheyH1992 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834 →
נָֽתַן־na.tan-he has givenH5414 →
לִ֥יlito me
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
בָּזֶ֑הba.Zehin this [place]H2088 →
וַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559 →
קָֽחֶם־ka.chem-fetch themH3947 →
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994 →
אֵלַ֖י'e.Laito meH413 →
וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃va.'a.va.ra.Khemso I may bless themH1288 →

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Genesis 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”Hebrews 2:13And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”Genesis 33:5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.Isaiah 56:3–5Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”1 Samuel 2:20–21And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.Genesis 27:28–29May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,1 Chronicles 26:4–5And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,Genesis 27:34–40When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.Genesis 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.Ruth 4:11–14“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.Genesis 28:3–4May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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