εὐλόγησεν : “the less is blessed of the better”. Age, however humble, may bless youth. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. κεῖται, is appointed εἰς πτῶσιν, etc.: generally, this child will influence His time in a decided manner, and to opposite effects, and with painful consequences to Himself; a forecast not necessarily beyond prophetic ken, based on insight into the career of epoch-making men. It is so more or less always. The blessing of being father or mother of such a child is great, but not unmixed with sorrow.

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