Gen_28:12-19; Gen_35:6-7
It should seem very plain that the Patriarch considered the blessing in a double point of view, as implying, that the natural seed of Jacob should inherit the earthly Canaan; and his spiritual the heavenly. See Gen_12:20; Gen_35:11-12. then see Genesis 17:19.
Verse Genesis 48:3. _GOD ALMIGHTY_] אל שדי _El Shaddai, the all-sufficient_ _God_, the _Outpourer and Dispenser of mercies_, (see Genesis 17:1), _appeared to me at Luz_, afterwards called _Beth-El_;...
- 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.,...
GOD ALMIGHTY APPEARED UNTO ME AT LUZ— Jacob, now approaching near his end, dispatched a messenger, Genesis 48:1 to inform his son Joseph of his state, who immediately, full of filial affection, hasten...
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 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...
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...
LUZ] or Bethel: see on Genesis 28:19....
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...
Luz was the same place as Bethel. (See Genesis 28:19.)...
GOD ALMIGHTY. — Heb., _El Shaddai._ The act recorded in this chapter is grounded by Jacob upon the promise made to him at Bethel on his return from Padan-aram; and it was under the old covenant name b...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל ־יֹוסֵ֔ף אֵ֥ל שַׁדַּ
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...
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...
3._And Jacob said unto Joseph_. The design of the holy man was to withdraw his son from the wealth and honors of Egypt, and to reunite him to the holy race, from which he had been, for a little while,...
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 JACOB SAID UNTO JOSEPH,.... Being come into his bedchamber, and sitting by him, or standing before him: GOD ALMIGHTY APPEARED UNTO AT LUZ IN THE LAND OF CANAAN; the same with Bethel, where God ap...
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Ver. 3. _God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz._] The truly thankful keep calendars and catalogu...
Genesis 48:2 ; GENESIS 48:4. _ Israel strengthened himself_ The tidings of Joseph's approach refreshed his spirits, and gave him new strength: and he put forth all the strength he had. _God blessed me...
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...
JACOB ADOPTS THE SONS OF JOSEPH...
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, at Bethel, where he received two special revelations, Genesis 28:13; Genesis 35:6, AND BLESSED ME,...
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...
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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...
Genesis 48:3 Jacob H3290 said H559 (H8799) Joseph H3130 God H410 Almighty H7706 appeared H7200 (H8738) Luz...
‘And Jacob said to Joseph, “El Shaddai (God Almighty) appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, and said to me, ‘Behold I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of...
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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 48:3 Jacob refers to the appearance of God at Bethel, recalling God’s promises there (see Genesis 28:13). He elevates his grandsons Ephraim and Manas
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...
God. Genesis 17:1 Genesis 28:3 Genesis 35:11 Exodus 6:3 Revelation 21:11
God blessed me — And let that blessing be entailed upon them. God had promised him two things, a numerous issue, and Canaan for an inheritance. And Joseph's sons, pursuant hereunto, should each of the...