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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Genesis 48:15

Verse Genesis 48:15. He blessed Joseph] The father first, and then the sons afterwards. And this is an additional proof to what has been adduced under Genesis 48:12, of Jacob's superiority; for the less is always blessed of the greater.

The God which fed me all my life long] Jacob is now standing on the verge of eternity, with his faith strong in God. He sees his life to be a series of mercies; and as he had been affectionately attentive, provident, and kind to his most helpless child, so has God been unto him; he has fed him all his life long; he plainly perceives that he owes every morsel of food which he has received to the mere mercy and kindness of God.

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See also Genesis 48:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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.,...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 59 JACOB BLESSING THE SONS OF JOSEPH Genesis 48:15. _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 thi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE BLESSED JOSEPH— Probably he might bless Joseph as well as his sons: but the context would rather lead one to believe that the blessing here appropriated to Joseph was that given immediately to...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE BLESSED JOSEPH, AND SAID. — In Jacob’s blessing there is a threefold appellation of the Deity, and a threefold blessing given to Joseph’s sons. God is, first, the Elohim before whom his fathers had...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְבָ֥רֶךְ אֶת ־יֹוסֵ֖ף וַ יֹּאמַ֑ר הָֽ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Sweet tribute to GOD the FATHER, and to GOD the SON, the Angel of the Covenant. Malachi 3:1; Exodus 25:20; 1 Corinthians 10:4....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _AN OLD MAN’S BLESSING_ ‘And be 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, the Angel which redeemed me from...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._God before whom_. Although Jacob knew that a dispensation of the grace of God was committed to him, in order that he might effectually bless his grandchildren; yet he arrogates nothing to himself,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE BLESSED JOSEPH,.... In his sons who were reckoned for him, and became the heads of tribes in his room: AND SAID, GOD BEFORE WHOM MY FATHERS ABRAHAM AND ISAAC DID WALK; in whom they believed, w...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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,_ Ver. 15. _God, beforewhom my fathers did walk._] This i...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The God who fed me_, &c. As long as we have lived in this world we have had continual experience of God's goodness to us in providing for the support of our natural life. Our bodies have called for d...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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_...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE BLESSED JOSEPH, not now in his person, but in his children, which yet is called here a _blessing of Joseph, _ because they were a part of himself. In which sense, and upon the same ground, the land...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 48:15 blessed H1288 (H8762) Joseph H3130 said H559 (H8799) God H430 before H6440 fathers H1 Abraham...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has shepherded me all my life long until this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil,...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 48:15 When St. Paul wished to select from the history of Jacob an instance of faith, he took the scene described in the text, when Joseph brings his two sons to the deathbed of his father. Th...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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),...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    blessed. Genesis 48:16 Genesis 27:4 Genesis 28:3 Genesis 49:28 Deut

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The God who fed me all my life long unto this day — As long as we have lived in this world we have had continual experience of God's goodness to us in providing for the support of our natural life. Ou...

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