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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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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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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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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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HIS YOUNGER BROTHER SHALL BE GREATER. — In the final numbering of
the tribes on the plains of Moab, the tribe of Manasseh had 52,700
souls, and that of Ephraim only 32,500 (_Numbers 26:34; Numbers
26:...
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וַ יְמָאֵ֣ן אָבִ֗יו וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙
יָדַ֤עְתִּֽי...
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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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A people, ( in populos). He shall be father of many peoples. The tribe
of Manasses was divided, and had a large territory on either side of
the Jordan, immediately north of that which fell to the lots...
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Observe, how strong and ardent the faith of the ancient fathers was
respecting the promise. John 8:56....
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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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19._He also shall become a people_. Jacob does not dispute which of
the youths shall be the more worthy; but only pronounces what God had
decreed with himself, concerning each, and, what would take pl...
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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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AND HIS FATHER REFUSED,.... To have any alteration made, and
therefore, though Joseph lifted it up from. Ephraim's head and held it
over it, Jacob put it on again and went on with the blessing:
AND S...
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_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 sha...
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_Truly his younger brother shall be greater than he_ This prophecy was
evidently fulfilled in the posterity of these two children: a
convincing proof that Jacob spoke by inspiration of God; for who bu...
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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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The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh...
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And his father refused and said, I know it, my son, I know it, he was
well aware of the fact that Manasseh, and not Ephraim, was the
firstborn: HE (Manasseh) ALSO SHALL BECOME A PEOPLE, AND HE ALSO SH...
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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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MULTITUDE:
_ Heb._ fullness...
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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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GREATER THAN HE; so the tribe of Ephraim was both in number, NUMBERS
1:32,33,35 2:19,21 DEU 33:17, and in power and privileges; for that
tribe was the seat first of the tabernacle, and afterwards of t...
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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 48:19 father H1 refused H3985 (H8762) said H559 (H8799) know
H3045 (H8804) son H1121 know...
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‘And his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also
shall become a people, and he also will be great, however his younger
brother will be greater than he and his seed will become a mult...
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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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SECOND FIDDLE
He also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater
than he. Genesis 48:19.
There is a beautiful story near the end of Genesis which tells how
Jacob blessed Joseph's...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 48:13 By placing his RIGHT HAND on the head
of EPHRAIM (v. Genesis 48:13), Jacob gives him priority ov
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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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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...
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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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said, I know it. Genesis 48:14 Genesis 17:20 Genesis 17:21 Genesis
25:28...
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Ephraim shall he greater — When the tribes were mustered in the
wilderness Ephraim was more numerous than Manasseh, and had the
standard of that squadron, Numbers 1:32, Numbers 1:35-2, Numbers 2:20,
a...