And it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph, the news was brought him by a special messenger, Behold, thy father is sick. This was not long after Jacob had made arrangements for the transfer of his body to Canaan for burial. And he (Joseph) took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, who were now about twenty years old; Manasseh may have been about twenty-four and Ephraim a few years younger.
CHAPTER XLVIII _Joseph, hearing that his father was near death, took his two sons,_ Ephraim _and_ Manasseh, _and went to_ Goshen, _to visit him_, 1. _Jacob strengthens himself to receive them_, 2....
- 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...
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...
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.,...
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:...
_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, a...
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...
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...
XLVIII. THE BLESSING OF MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, AND THE RECOGNITION OF THEM BY JACOB AS HEADS OF TRIBES. (1) HIS TWO SONS. — We have already seen that the purpose of the genealogy given in Genesis 46 wa...
וַ יְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵי֙ הַ דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ אֵ֔לֶּה
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...
JOSEPH VISITS HIS DYING FATHER Genesis 47:27; Genesis 48:1 How inexorable is the _must_ of death! For many years Jacob had exceeded the ordinary span of human life, and now, like the last apple on th...
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...
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...
And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his (a) two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (a) Joseph valued his children being receive...
_Sick. Worse than when he was with him before. (Haydock)_...
CONTENTS The time of Jacob's death drawing near, Joseph hastens to visit him: and the dying Patriarch takes occasion in this interesting interview, to recount to Joseph GOD'S gracious dealings with h...
Nothing can be more interesting than the closing scene of the life of the faithful. Joshua 23:14. No doubt Manasseh and Ephraim felt an impression which all their lives did not obliterate. It is good...
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...
1._After these things_. Moses now passes to the last act of Jacob’s life, which, as we shall see, was especially worthy of remembrance. For, since he knew that he was invested by God with no common ch...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS,.... Some little time after Jacob had sent for Joseph, and conversed with him about his burial in the land of Canaan, and took an oath to bury him there, for the...
_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._ Ver. 1. _Behold, thy father is sick._] And yet...
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...
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_...
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...
1-7 The death-beds of believers, with the prayers and counsels of dying persons, are suited to make serious impressions upon the young, the gay, and the prosperous: we shall do well to take children...
GENESIS CHAPTER 48 Jacob being sick, Joseph comes and visits him, GENESIS 48:1,2. Jacob declares God's appearances and promises to him, GENESIS 48:3,4; adopts Joseph's two sons Manasseh and Ephraim to...
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...
Genesis 48:1 after H310 things H1697 Joseph H3130 told H559 (H8799) father H1 sick H2470 (H8802) took...
‘And it happened after these things that someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is ill.” And he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.' Jacob has obtained Joseph's promise only just i...
Genesis 48:1 Jacob looked back on his life and saw but three things God, love, grief. These were all he had to speak of. They were a trinity of the past; they dwarfed everything else. I. "God appeare...
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...
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...
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,...
_Thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,.. . are mine:--_ JACOB’S ADOPTION OF JOSEPH’S TWO SONS I. THE AUTHORITY WHICH HE CLAIMED FOR THIS ACT. He refers to a leading point in the covenant history. God t...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 48:3. God Almighty.] Heb. El Shaddai (Genesis 17:1). He refers to the appearance recorded in Genesis 28:13.— Gen
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),...
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...
thy father. John 11:3 his two sons. Genesis 41:50 Genesis 46:20 Genesis 50:23...