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Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.
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Genesis 50:23
Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.
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Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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Psalms 105:17-18
He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar,
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Acts 7:10
and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
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Amos 6:6
They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
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Genesis 28:3
May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.
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Genesis 30:6-13
Then Rachel said,“ God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.Then Rachel said,“ I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.Leah said,“ How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.Leah said,“ How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.
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Genesis 48:16-19
the Angel who has protected me from all harm– bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.Joseph said to his father,“ Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”
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Genesis 29:32-35
So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“ The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ Because the LORD heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.She became pregnant again and had another son. She said,“ This time I will praise the LORD.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
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Isaiah 40:1-2
“ Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.“ Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins.”