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Genesis 48:19

American Standard 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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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Genesis 48:19 in other translations

His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”

Genesis 48:19 · World English Bible

Genesis 48:19 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
  3. 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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
  4. 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
  5. 21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.