Genesis 48:19

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.

But truly his younger brother shall be greater than he. Was not the prediction amply verified in the courts of time, the tribe having grown so mighty in numbers and influence (Numbers 1:32-35; Numbers 26:34; Numbers 26:37; Judges 4:5; Judges 5:14; Judges 8:1-35; Judges 12:1-15) that it is sometimes put for the collective tribe of Israel, (2 Samuel 2:9; Isaiah 2:1, etc.)