_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ]