Genesis 49:22

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Genesis 49:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

20 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

22 Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

23 The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

Genesis 30:23

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

Genesis 30:24

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Genesis 41:52

And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Genesis 46:27

And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

Genesis 48:1

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:5

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 48:16

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 48:19

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 48:20

So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Numbers 32:1

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

Numbers 32:2

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:4

which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”

Numbers 32:5

“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:6

But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

Numbers 32:7

Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

Numbers 32:8

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

Numbers 32:9

For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

Numbers 32:10

So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

Numbers 32:11

‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

Numbers 32:12

not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’

Numbers 32:13

The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

Numbers 32:14

Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

Numbers 32:15

For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

Numbers 32:16

Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

Numbers 32:17

But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:18

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

Numbers 32:19

Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:20

Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

Numbers 32:21

and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,

Numbers 32:22

then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

Numbers 32:24

Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

Numbers 32:25

The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

Numbers 32:26

Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

Numbers 32:27

But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

Numbers 32:28

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 32:29

And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

Numbers 32:30

But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”

Numbers 32:31

The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

Numbers 32:32

We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:33

So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

Numbers 32:34

And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

Numbers 32:35

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

Numbers 32:36

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

Numbers 32:37

The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

Numbers 32:38

as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

Numbers 32:39

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 32:40

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Numbers 32:41

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

Numbers 32:42

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Deuteronomy 33:17

His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Joshua 16:1

The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

Joshua 16:2

It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

Joshua 16:3

Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

Joshua 16:4

So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

Joshua 16:5

This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

Joshua 16:6

and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.

Joshua 16:7

From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

Joshua 16:9

along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

Joshua 16:10

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

Joshua 17:14

Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”

Joshua 17:15

Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”

Joshua 17:16

“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Joshua 17:17

So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,

Psalms 1:1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Psalms 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Psalms 128:1

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

Psalms 128:3

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Ezekiel 19:11

It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.