Genesis 48:16

_THE ANGEL WHICH REDEEMED ME FROM ALL EVIL, BLESS THE LADS; AND LET MY NAME BE NAMED ON THEM, AND THE NAME OF MY FATHERS ABRAHAM AND ISAAC; AND LET THEM GROW INTO A MULTITUDE IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH._ The Angel which redeemed me from all evil. Jacob declares (Genesis 48:3) that this Angel was God Almighty (cf. Genesis 31:11; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 32:30; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:7;...

16._The Angel which redeemed me_. He so joins the Angel to God as to make him his equal. Truly he offers him divine worship, and asks the same things from him as from God. If this be understood indifferently of any angel what ever, the sentence is absurd. Nay, rather, as Jacob himself sustains the name and character of God, in blessing his son, (191) he is superior, in this respect, to the angels. Wherefore it is necessary that Christ should be here meant, who does not bear in vain the title of Angel, because he had become the perpetual Mediator. And Paul testifies that he was the Leader and Guide of the journey of his ancient people. (1 Corinthians 10:4.) He had not yet indeed been sent by the Father, to approach more nearly to us by taking our flesh, but because he was always the bond of connection between God and man, and because God formally man

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 from God's hand. He not only prevents our fears, but exceeds our hopes. Jacob mentions the care the Divine providence had taken of him all his days. A great deal of hardship he had known in his time, but God kept him from the evil of his troubles. Now he was dying, he looked upon himself as redeemed from all sin and sorrow for ever. Christ, the Angel of the covenant, redeems from all evil. Deliverances from misery and dangers, by the Divine power, coming through the ransom of the blood of Christ, in Scripture are often called redemption. In blessing Joseph's sons, Jacob crossed hands. Joseph was willing to support his first-born, and would have removed his father's hands. But Jacob acted nei...

Verse Genesis 48:16. _THE ANGEL WHICH REDEEMED ME FROM ALL EVIL_] המלאך הגאל _hammalac haggoel_. The Messenger, the Redeemer or _Kinsman_; for so גאל _goel_ signifies; for this term, in the law of Moses, is applied to that person whose right it is, from his being nearest _akin_, to redeem or purchase back a forfeited inheritance. But of whom does Jacob speak? We have often seen, in the preceding chapters, an angel of God appearing to the patriarchs; (see particularly Genesis 16:7, and the note there; See Clarke on Ge 16:7) and we have full proof that this was no _created_ angel, but the Messenger of the Divine Council, the Lord Jesus Christ. Who then was the angel that _redeemed_ Jacob, and whom he invoked to bless _Ephraim_ and...

- 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 intended by Jacob to be his first and only wife. He has also been the means of saving all his father’s house, even after he had been sold into slavery by his brethren. He has therefore, undeniable claims to this part of the first-born’s rights. Genesis 48:1 AFTER THESE THINGS. - After the arrangements concerning the funeral, recorded in the chapter. “Menasseh and Ephraim.” They seem to have accompanied their father from respectful affection to their aged relative. “Israel strengthened himself” - summoned his remaining powers for the interview, which was now to him an effort. “God Almighty app

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), THAT ONE TOLD JOSEPH,—the verb וַיֹּאמֶר is here used impersonally, or passively, for "_one _told," or "it was told," to Joseph (LXX; ἀπεγγέλη; Vulgate, _munciatum est_;_ _Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch, Murphy, _et alii_);_ _or probably emphatically, by way of calling attention to the circumstance—denoting perhaps a special messenger (Tayler Lewis). BEHOLD, THY FATHER IS SICK. The word in the original conveys the idea of being worn down or becoming infirm through age or disease, and may suggest the notion that Jacob was now regarded as rapidly approach

THE ANGEL WHICH REDEEMED ME FROM ALL EVIL, BLESS THE LADS,.... Ephraim and Manasseh, now about twenty years old or upwards: this is not to be understood of a created angel he wishes to be their guardian, but of an eternal one, the Son of God, the Angel of God's presence, the Angel of the covenant; the same with the God of his father before mentioned, as appears by the character he gives him, as having "redeemed [him] from all evil"; not only protected and preserved him from temporal evils and imminent dangers from Esau, Laban, and others; but had delivered him from the power, guilt, and punishment of sin, the greatest of evils, and from the dominion and tyranny of Satan the evil one, and from everlasting wrath, ruin, and damnation; all which none but a divine Person could do, as well as he wishes, desires, and prays, that he would "bless" the lads with blessings temporal and spiritual, w...

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ REDEEMED Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (Isaiah 59:20 (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...

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 blessing (Genesis 48:13) 5. Joseph's interference (Genesis 48:17) 6. Jacob's last words to Joseph (Genesis 48:21) The adoption of Joseph's sons is interesting and instructive. As the offspring of the Gentile wife Asenath they were in danger of becoming gentilized and thus forget their father's hou

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., Genesis 48:3 belong to P. To J Genesis 47:29 may be assigned. Genesis 48:1 f., Genesis 48:8 was formerly attributed to E, recent critics assign it to JE. The analysis is somewhat as follows: E,...