_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._
Thy father is sick. Joseph was hastily sent for, and on this occasion
he took with him his two sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONE TOLD JACOB, AND SAID, BEHOLD, THY SON JOSEPH COMETH UNTO
THEE: AND ISRAEL STRENGTHENED HIMSELF, AND SAT UPON THE BED._
Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed In the chamber here a
good man lies edif ing and ISRAEL STRENGTHENED HIMSELF, AND SAT UPON
THE BED. In the chamber where a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB SAID UNTO JOSEPH, GOD ALMIGHTY APPEARED UNTO ME AT LUZ IN
THE LAND OF CANAAN, AND BLESSED ME,_
God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz. The object of Jacob in thus
reverting to the memorable vision at Bethel-one of the great landmarks
in his history-was to point out the splendid promises in... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Behold, I will make thee fruitful. This is a repetition of the
covenant (Genesis 28:13-15; Genesis 3... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. It was the intention of the aged
patriarch to adopt Joseph's oldest sons as his ow... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY ISSUE, WHICH THOU BEGETTEST AFTER THEM, SHALL BE THINE, AND
SHALL BE CALLED AFTER THE NAME OF THEIR BRETHREN IN THEIR
INHERITANCE._
Thy issue which thou begettest, х_ 'ªSHER_ (H834) _ HOWLADTAA_
(H3205)] - which thou hast begotten.
SHALL BE CALLED AFTER THE NAME OF THEIR BRETHREN. Here t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS FOR ME, WHEN I CAME FROM PADAN, 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
BETHLEHEM._
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_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._
Bring them ... unto me ... The apostle (Hebrews 11:21) selected the
blessing of Joseph's sons as the chief, because the most
comprehensive... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
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_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._
Joseph took them both. The very act of pronouncing the blessing was
remarkable, showing that Jacob's bosom was animated by the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Guiding his hands wittingly, х_ SIKEEL_ (H7919) _ 'ET_ (H854) _
YAADAAYW_ (H3027)] - literally, made... [ Continue Reading ]
_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,_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil. Jacob declares (Genesis
48:3) that this Angel was God... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
In thee shall Israel bless, х_ YªBAAREEK_ (H1288)]. The Hebrew verb
signifies to bend the knee, to pray; and when it is used to express
the act o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISRAEL SAID UNTO JOSEPH, BEHOLD, I DIE: BUT GOD SHALL BE WITH
YOU, AND BRING YOU AGAIN UNTO THE LAND OF YOUR FATHERS._
Behold, I die. The patriarch could speak of death with composure; but
he wished to prepare Joseph and the rest of the family for the shock.
BUT GOD SHALL ... Jacob, in all p... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Moreover I have given to thee one portion, х_ SHªKEM_ (H7926)] - a
shoulder, a tract, or ridge of land. There is a paronomasia on the
word. This was near Sheche... [ Continue Reading ]