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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Genesis 48:18

Verse Genesis 48:18. Joseph said - Not so, my father] Joseph supposed that his father had made a mistake in laying his right hand on the head of the youngest, because the right hand was considered as the most noble, and the instrument of conveying the highest dignities, and thus it has ever been considered among all nations, though the reason of it is not particularly obvious. Even in the heavens the right hand of God is the place of the most exalted dignity. It has been observed that Joseph spoke here as he was moved by natural affection, and that Jacob acted as he was influenced by the Holy Spirit.

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See also Genesis 48:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • 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.,...

  • 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 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...

  • 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

    Joseph thought that Jacob had made a mistake because of his weak sight....

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֧אמֶר יֹוסֵ֛ף אֶל ־אָבִ֖יו לֹא ־כֵ֣ן

  • 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

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is remarkable, how, even in gracious minds there is generally found a partiality to nature's choice. See Genesis 17:18. But what saith the LORD? 1 Samuel 16:7....

  • 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...

  • 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 JOSEPH SAID UNTO HIS FATHER, NOT SO, MY FATHER,.... It is not right, it should not so be, that the right hand should be put on the youngest, and the left hand on the eldest; FOR THIS [IS] THE FIR...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • 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 Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head....

  • 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

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • 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 48:18 Joseph H3130 said H559 (H8799) father H1 father H1 firstborn H1060 put H7760 (H8798) hand...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. And Joseph said...

  • 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 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 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 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

    Not so. Genesis 19:18 Exodus 10:11 Matthew 25:9 Acts 10:14 Acts 11:8 for this.

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