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Verse Genesis 48:22. _MOREOVER I HAVE GIVEN TO THEE ONE PORTION_]
שכם אחד _shechem achad_, one shechem or one _shoulder_. We have
already seen the transactions between Jacob and his family on one
par...
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- 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...
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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...
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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.,...
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WHICH I TOOK OUT OF THE HAND OF THE AMORITE— Where are many
particulars in the lives of the patriarchs, and of others, which are
not related at all in Scripture; and there are some instances of a
tran...
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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:...
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_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...
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48:22 tract (d-8) Heb. _ Shechem_ . as ch. 33.18....
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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...
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PORTION] RM 'mountain slope '(Heb. _shechem_). The reference is to
Shechem in the mountainous territory of Ephraim. Jacob gives Shechem
to Joseph as his advantage over the others. The acquiring of She...
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Perhaps this refers to Genesis 34:25-29. That city was called Shechem.
And the son of the chief man of the city was also called Shechem.
Jacob did not take the city himself, but his sons, Simeon and L...
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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...
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ONE PORTION. — Heb., _one Shechem._ In favour of this being the town
of Shechem is the fact that it did belong to Jacob (Genesis 37:12,
where see Note); also that Joseph’s embalmed body was deposited...
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וַ אֲנִ֞י נָתַ֧תִּֽי לְךָ֛ שְׁכֶ֥ם
אַחַ֖ד עַל
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which
(k) I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my
bow.
(k) By my children whom God spared for my sake....
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Thee. In thy posterity; and particularly in Ephraim, to whose lot it
shall fall, a portion. Hebrew shecem; which the Septuagint explain of
the city, or field near it, which Jacob had formerly purchase...
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John 4:5
REFLECTIONS
READER! I would pass by many very sweet and interesting reflections
which arise out of this Chapter, to fix my mind upon one most
eminently striking, and as important as it is st...
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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...
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22._I have given to thee one portion_. In order to increase the
confidence of his son Joseph, Jacob here assigns him a portion
beyondhis proper lot. Some expound the passage otherwise; as if he
called...
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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...
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MOREOVER, I HAVE GIVEN TO THEE ONE PORTION ABOVE THY BRETHREN,.... The
word for "portion" is "Shechem", and which some take to be, not an
appellative, as we do, but the name of a city, even Shechem; s...
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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.
Ver. 22. _I have given thee one portion._] Joseph had the doub...
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Gen. 48:22. "Which I took out of the hand of the Amorite." This he
speaks in the language of a prophet, according to which a prophet is
often said to do that which he foretells shall be done (see Jere...
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_I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren_ This seems to
have been the parcel of ground near Shechem, which Jacob purchased of
Hamor, the prince of the country, (Genesis 33:19,) and which,...
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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...
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Moreover, I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, a strip
of land in Canaan, WHICH I TOOK OUT OF THE HAND OF THE AMORITE WITH MY
SWORD AND WITH MY BOW. This is also a prophetic saying and...
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The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh...
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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_...
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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...
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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...
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i.e. I do now give to thee the right, and I do prophetically give, and
God will really and actually give unto thy son Ephraim, or his and
posterity, who shall possess this part over above that portion...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_Behold, I die_
JACOB IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH
We have here a threefold picture.
I. OF STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS.
1. The strength of faith.
2. The strength of godliness.
3. The strength of peace.
II...
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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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 48:21 Jacob anticipates that, after his
death, his family will return to Canaan. He gives Joseph ONE MOUNTAIN
SLOPE that he took from the Amorites, possibly referring to...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 48:22. One portion above thy brethren.] He was to have two
lots in the land of promise. WHICH I TOOK OUT OF THE HAND OF THE
AMORITE WITH MY SWORD AND WITH MY BOW. “The designa...
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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),...
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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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given. Genesis 33:19 Deuteronomy 21:17 Joshua 24:32 1 Chronicles 5:2...
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He bestowed one portion upon him above his brethren. The lands
bequeathed are described to be those which he took out of the hand of
the Amorite with his sword and with his bow. He purchased them firs...