Quotes about Blessing
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 46:27
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
— Genesis 46:30
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
— Genesis 47:7
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
— Genesis 47:10
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
— Genesis 47:25
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
— Genesis 47:27
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
— Genesis 48:4
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
“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
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
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
— Genesis 48:14
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
— Genesis 48:15