Genesis 48:19 (WEB)
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“…his hands, mystically crossed, upon his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father, looking outwardly, corrected them, but as he himself distinguished them.” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 13–19.
Read the whole comment“…of his piety, chastity, wisdom, he was most justly exalted; and Ephraim by the blessing of his grandfather Jacob was preferred before his elder brother: and yet God “rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and the tribe of Ephraim He chose not.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 17, 19.
Read the whole comment“He also shall become a people, and he also shall be exalted; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 19.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But he would not, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: and he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 17–19. The whole of this quotation is wanting in more than one codex.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.42.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.