Quotes about Family
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
- Genesis 48:2
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Genesis 48:5
When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
- Genesis 48:8
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.”
- Genesis 48:9
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:10
“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
- Genesis 48:11
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
- Genesis 48:12
And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
- Genesis 48:13
the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- Genesis 48:16
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
- Genesis 48:17
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- Genesis 48:18
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
- Genesis 48:19