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Genesis 48

Genesis 48 ( Genesis • Chapter 48 (22 verses)): And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph , Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim . And one told Jacob , and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. And Jac... Mentions: Joseph, Manasseh , Ephraim , Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Luz 1 , Egypt , Paddan . It is closely linked with Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters): Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 )

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 48:8 : "And Israel beheld Joseph 's sons, and said, Who are these?"; Genesis 48:12 : "And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."; Genesis 48:3 : "And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan , and blessed me,". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 48 ( Genesis • Chapter 48 (22 verses)), Genesis (Old Testament • 50 Chapters), Ezekiel 48 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 48 (35 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Genesis 48
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Genesis • Chapter 48 (22 verses)

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph , Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim . And one told Jacob , and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. And Jac... Mentions: Joseph, Manasseh , Ephraim , Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Luz 1 , Egypt , Paddan .

Genesis
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Old Testament • 50 Chapters

Genesis (Old Testament, 50 chapters). Key figures: Adam , Cain , Abel , Enoch , Irad , Mehujael . Key places: Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria , Euphrates . Opens with: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...."

Abram/Abraham
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Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Michelangelo — The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)
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Iconic high Renaissance fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel illustrating God breathing life into Adam ( Genesis 2:7 ).

Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — The Deluge (The Great Flood)
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Dramatic engraving portraying desperate families and a mother shielding her child on a rock as floodwaters engulf the earth ( Genesis 7 ).

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Historic audio transmission from Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reading Genesis 1 from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve 1968.

NASA Astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman • NASA / National Archives Public Domain
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional Tiberian cantillation (te'amim) chanting of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 13 -14 in Biblical Hebrew.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Traditional liturgical cantillation of Genesis 14:18-24 recounting Melchizedek king of Salem blessing Abram with bread and wine.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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AUDIO • scripture

Cantillation chanting of Genesis 15 recording God's unilateral covenant with Abram and the promise of heirs like the stars.

AdoniTzedek / Wikimedia Commons • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 1 –11 exploring creation, the human rebellion in Eden , the spread of sin through Cain and the Flood , and God's scattering of humanity at Babylon .

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Genesis 12 –50 following God's covenant with Abraham , the trials of Isaac and Jacob , and Joseph 's descent into Egypt showing God working good through human failure.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
ἁγνίζω
hagnizo (hagnízō) [hag-nid'-zo]
G0048 Greek verb 7x
to purify, cleanse from defilement

Primary meaning: to purify, cleanse from defilement. Strong's: to make clean, i.e. (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally). Lexical nuances: to purify , cleanse from defilement ; ceremonially: Jo 11:55 , Ac 21:24 , 26 24:18 ; morally: Ja 4:8 , I Pe 1:22 , I Jo 3:3 .†

Derivation: from G53 (ἁγνός);
γένεσις
genesis (génesis) [ghen'-es-is]
G1078 Greek noun feminine 5x
origin, lineage, birth

Primary meaning: origin, lineage, birth. Strong's: nativity; figuratively, nature. Lexical nuances: origin, lineage : βίβλος γενέσεως (as in Ge 2:4 a 5:1 ), Mt 1:1 . birth : Mt 1:18 , Lk 1:14 (Rec. γέννησις ); πρόσωπον τῆς γ. , face of his birth ("what God made him to be," Hort., in l.), Ja 1:23 ; ὁ τροχὸς τῆς γ. , the wheel (course) of birth or creation ("the wheel of man's nature according to its original Divine purpose," Hort), Ja 3:6 .†

Derivation: from the same as G1074 (γενεά);
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VIDEO • theme

Trace the thread of the Promised Messiah from the seed of the woman in Genesis 3 and the Davidic King to the surprise of the suffering Servant King dying to defeat death.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Ezekiel 48
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Ezekiel • Chapter 48 (35 verses)

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon , as one goeth to Hamath , Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath ; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan . And by the border of Dan , from the... Mentions: Dan, Asher , Naphtali , Manasseh , Ephraim , Hethlon , Hamath, Damascus .

Genesis 1
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Genesis • Chapter 1 (31 verses)

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Genesis 2
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Genesis • Chapter 2 (25 verses)

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had... Mentions: Adam , Eden , Havilah 2 , Gihon 2 , Ethiopia , Assyria .

Genesis 3
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Genesis • Chapter 3 (24 verses)

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of t... Mentions: Adam , Eden .

Genesis 4
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Genesis • Chapter 4 (26 verses)

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain , and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel . And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fr... Mentions: Adam , Cain, Abel, Enoch , Irad , Nod , Eden , Tubal .

Genesis 5
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Genesis • Chapter 5 (32 verses)

This is the book of the generations of Adam . In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam , in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and bega... Mentions: Adam, Seth , Jared , Enoch , Methuselah , Ham 2 .

Genesis 6
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Genesis • Chapter 6 (22 verses)

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive w... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Ham 2 .

Genesis 7
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Genesis • Chapter 7 (24 verses)

And the Lord said unto Noah , Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. O... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Ham 2 .

Genesis 8
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Genesis • Chapter 8 (22 verses)

And God remembered Noah , and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; A... Mentions: Noah , Ararat .

Genesis 9
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Genesis • Chapter 9 (29 verses)

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes... Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth , Canaan , Ham 2 .

Genesis 10
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Genesis • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah , Shem , Ham , and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz , and Riphath, and Togarmah. Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth, Cush , Ham 2 , Gomer, Magog , Javan , Tubal .

Genesis 11
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Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had br... Mentions: Shem , Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Eber (or Heber ), Peleg , Reu , Shinar , Babel , Terah , Haran , Canaan .

Genesis 12
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Genesis • Chapter 12 (20 verses)

Now the Lord had said unto Abram , Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bl... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Lot , Haran , Canaan , Shechem , Moreh 1 , Egypt .

Genesis 13
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Genesis • Chapter 13 (18 verses)

And Abram went up out of Egypt , he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning,... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Lot , Canaan , Hebron , Egypt , Jordan , Sodom , Gomorrah , Zoar .

Genesis 14
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Genesis • Chapter 14 (24 verses)

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar , Arioch king of Ellasar , Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom , and with Birsha king of Gomorrah , Shinab king of Admah , and Shemeber king of Zeboiim , and the kin... Mentions: Elam , Bela , Ham , Amalekites , Lot , Shinar , Ellasar , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Genesis 15
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Genesis • Chapter 15 (21 verses)

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? And Abr... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Eliezer , Damascus , Egypt , Euphrates .

Genesis 16
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Genesis • Chapter 16 (16 verses)

Now Sarai Abram 's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram , Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearke... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Canaan , Ishmael , Shur , Kadesh 1 , Bered .

Leningrad Codex (B19a) — Genesis 1:1–2:3
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The oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible (dated 1008 CE), with full Tiberian Masorah.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Caiaphas Ossuary — Burial Box of High Priest Joseph Caiaphas
IMAGE • archaeology

Intricately carved limestone ossuary excavated in the Peace Forest south of Jerusalem , inscribed ' Joseph , son of Caiaphas' (Yehosef bar Qayafa).

Second Temple Jewish Stone Carvers • Israel Museum, Jerusalem (IAA 1990-487) / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
Genesis 17
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Genesis • Chapter 17 (27 verses)

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram , and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Canaan , Ishmael , Isaac .

Gustave Doré — The Creation of Light (1866)
IMAGE • artwork

Magnificent wood engraving from Dor é's illustrated Bible depicting God commanding 'Let there be light' ( Genesis 1:3 ) piercing primeval darkness.

Gustave Doré • La Grande Bible de Tours / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 48:8 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Israel beheld Joseph 's sons, and said, Who are these?

Genesis 48:12 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Genesis 48:3 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Jacob said unto Joseph , God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan , and blessed me,

Genesis 48:2 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And one told Jacob , and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

Genesis 48:11 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Israel said unto Joseph , I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

Genesis 48:18 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Genesis 48:6 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

Genesis 48:21 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Israel said unto Joseph , Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Genesis 48:20 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before Manasseh .

Genesis 48:1 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph , Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim .

Genesis 48:15 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And he blessed Joseph , and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Genesis 48:22 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Genesis 48:10 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Genesis 48:13 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel 's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel 's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

Genesis 48:9 (KJV)
Genesis 48 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.

Genesis 48:5 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh , which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt , are mine; as Reuben and Simeon , they shall be mine.

Genesis 48:14 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim 's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh 's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:4 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Genesis 48:17 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And 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.

Genesis 48:16 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed ;

Genesis 48:19 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

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.

Genesis 48:7 (KJV)
Genesis 48 KJV

And as for me, when I came from Paddan , Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath ; the same is Beth–lehem.

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham , which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

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