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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 48:8

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are] these?

Ver. 8. Who are these?] Here Jacob, seeing Joseph's two sons, and now first understanding who they were, breaks off his speech to Joseph, till the two last verses of the chapter, and starts blessing his sons; teaching us to be "ready to every good word and work," Tit 3:1 laying hold of every hint that God puts into our hands, accounting it a mercy that we may have opportunity.

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See also Genesis 48:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 48:8. _WHO_ ARE _THESE?_] At Genesis 48:10 it is said, that Jacob's eyes were dim for age, that he _could not see _- could not discern any object unless it were near him; therefore, tho...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Joseph Visits His Sick Father The right of primogeniture has been forfeited by Reuben. The double portion in the inheritance is now transferred to Joseph. He is the first-born of her who was intende...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 48 JACOB ADOPTS EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH _ 1. The sons of Joseph brought to Jacob (Gen. 48-12)_ 2. The words of Jacob (Genesis 48:3) 3. Ephraim and Manasseh presented (Genesis 48:8) 4. Jacob's...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 47:27 TO GENESIS 48:22. JACOB EXTRACTS AN OATH THAT JOSEPH WILL BURY HIM IN CANAAN, AND BLESSES EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH. Genesis 47:22 f.,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART FORTY-SEVEN THE LAST DAYS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH (Genesis 48:1 to Genesis 50:26) The Biblical Account 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB BLESSES MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, THE SONS OF JOSEPH He adopts them as his own sons with privileges equal to the others, thus making them heads of distinct tribes. By so doing he gives to Joseph, th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 48 JACOB BLESSES JOSEPH’S SONS V1 After this, Joseph heard that his father was ill. So he went to his father and he took with him his two sons, M...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHO ARE THESE? — This question is asked as the solemn turning of the discourse to the young men who were now to be invested with the patriarchal rank. They were at this time about eighteen or twenty y...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֥רְא יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת ־בְּנֵ֣י יֹוסֵ֑ף ו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBES Genesis 48:1; Genesis 49:1 JACOB'S blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God's blessing to man does not consist o...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB BLESSES JOSEPH'S SONS Genesis 48:8 By his act in blessing them, Jacob reversed the verdict of birth, and gave the younger the birthright. Probably there were qualities in Ephraim which naturall...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The use of the two names is observed once more. Jacob was sick, but, hearing that Joseph was coming to see him, it was Israel that strengthened himself. Once again Jacob was the speaker and in what he...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    JACOB'S FINAL DAYS The writer gives a brief record of the rest of Jacob's life before he gives details of the events surrounding the time of his death. Jacob lived seventeen more years in Egypt and s...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Genesis 35:19; 1 Samuel 10:2 Though the natural eyes of the Patriarch were grown dim; yet how quick sighted was the eye of faith?...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons_. I have no doubt that he had inquired concerning the youths, before he called them his heirs. But in the narration of Moses there is a _hysteron proteron _. And in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 48, 49, AND 50. Lastly, in chapter 48 besides the prophetical character important in the history of Israel we see Joseph as heir; the double portion (mark of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ISRAEL BEHELD JOSEPH'S SONS,.... Ephraim and Manasseh, of whom he had been speaking as if they were absent, and he might not know until now that they were present, for his eyes were dim that he co...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ioseph with his sonnes visiteth his sicke father. 2 Iacob strengtheneth himselfe to blesse them. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his owne. 7 Hee telleth him of hi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who are these? The eyes of Jacob being dim with age, he had not noticed the presence of the two young men till now....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    NINTH SECTION _Jacob’s sickness. His blessing of his grandchildren. Joseph’s sons._ GENESIS 48:1-22 1And it came to pass, after these things, that _one_ told Joseph, Behold, thy father _Isaiah 23:2_...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ISRAEL'S BLESSING FOR JOSEPH AND HIS SONS A little later Joseph was told that his father was sick, so he brought his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim to visit him. Jacob strengthened himself to sit on t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-22 The two good men own God in their comforts. Joseph says, They are my sons whom God has given me. Jacob says, God hath showed me thy seed. Comforts are doubly sweet to us when we see them coming...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    For Jacob's eyes were dim through age and infirmity, as is observed GENESIS 48:10, and therefore he could not distinctly discern them....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 48:8 Israel H3478 saw H7200 (H8799) Josephs H3130 sons H1121 said H559 (H8799)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Israel became aware of Joseph's sons and said, “Who are these?” The old man is blind (Genesis 48:10) and he has only been aware of Joseph, but now he becomes aware of two others with him and ask...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 48 and 49 _(with Deuteronomy 33and Judges 5)_ Jacob's blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God's blessing to man does not consist of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob on his death bed blesses Joseph's sons. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, Ephriam, Manasseh, Reuben, Simeon, Rachael. CONCLUSION: God in His grace, does not always observe the order of natu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 48:1. _His two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim._ We here see again with what alacrity, reverence and devotion the sons of the holy patriarchs awaited the final benediction of their departing Sires,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Israel beheld Joseph’s sons_ LESSONS 1. Prudence in good men may divert nature from the remembrance of sad events. About Rachel. 2. Weak nature may see in part that which it doth not discern. So...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 48:8 With his eyesight failing, Jacob finds it difficult to identify Joseph’s two sons. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 48:1 When Jacob is very old and close to death, he pronounces a variety of blessings on his sons. He first blesses Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (ch. Genesis 48:1), a...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 48:12. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees.] “His,” _i.e.,_ Jacob’s. He was in a sitting posture, and in embracing them had drawn them between his knees.— GENE...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 48:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS (_i.e._ the events recorded in the preceding chapter, and in particular after the arrangements which had been made for Jacob's funeral),...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your father's sick (Genesis 48:1): He's dying. and so Joseph grabbed his two sons to go and visit his father for the last time, Ma...

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