What does Genesis 48:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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 growb into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
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 Mo...
- 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 intend...
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., Genesis 48:3 belong to P. To J Genesis 47:29 may be assi...
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...
THE ANGEL WHICH REDEEMED ME FROM ALL EVIL— See Gen 16:17 and chap. Genesis 31:11. It is to me evident, that this _angel_ was Christ; 1st, Because this same name is given to Christ in other places, and...
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...
_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...
48:16 land! (c-41) Or 'earth.' see Note 1 Samuel 2:8 and Matthew 5:5 ....
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, t...
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, Ma...
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...
הַ מַּלְאָךְ֩ הַ גֹּאֵ֨ל אֹתִ֜י מִ כָּל ־רָ֗ע יְבָרֵךְ֮ אֶת ־הַ נְּעָרִים֒ וְ יִקָּרֵ֤א...
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...
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...
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...
The (e) Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my (f) 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 th...
_The angel guardian, who, by God's ordinance, has ever protected me, continue his kind attention towards these my grand-children. It is not probably that he, who was called God before, should now be s...
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....
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...
_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...
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 indiff...
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...
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 guardi...
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_ Not a created angel surely, but Christ, termed an angel, Exodus 23:20, and _the Angel of the covenant, Malachi 3:1_, and who was the conductor of Israel in the wilderness...
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...
The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh...
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...
INTO A MULTITUDE: _ Heb._ as fishes do increase...
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...
THE ANGEL; not surely a created angel, but Christ Jesus, who is called an _Angel,_ EXODUS 23:20, and _the Angel of the covenant,_ ZECHARIAH 3:1, who was the conductor of the Israelites in the wilderne...
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...
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ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ REDEEMED Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (Isaiah 59:20 (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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 o...
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,...
_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...
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 48:12. 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...
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...
Angel. Genesis 16:7 Genesis 28:15 Genesis 31:11 Exodus 3:2 Exodus 23:20 Exodus 23:21 Judges 2:1 Judges 6:21 Judges 13:21 Judges 13:22...
The angel who redeemed me from all evil — A great deal of hardship he had known in his time, but God had graciously kept him from the evil of his troubles. Christ, the angel of the covenant is he that...