1 Joseph with his sons visits his sick father.
2 Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.
3 He repeats God's promise.
5 He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons.
7 He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.
8 He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
17 He prefers the younger before the elder.
21 He prophesies their return to Canaan.

thy father. Joh 11:3

his two sons. 41:50-52 46:20 50:23 Job 42:16 Ps 128:6

2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

strengthened. De 3:28 1Sa 23:16 Ne 2:18 Ps 41:3 Pr 23:15 Eph 6:10

3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

God. 17:1 28:3 35:11 Ex 6:3 Re 21:11

appeared. 28:12-19 35:6,7,9,11,12 Ho 12:4

Luz. Jud 1:23

4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Behold I. 12:2 13:15,16 22:17 26:4 28:3,13-15 32:12 35:11 46:3 47:27 Ex 1:7,11

will give. De 32:8 Am 9:14,15

everlasting. 17:8,13

5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

two sons. 41:50-52 46:20 Jos 13:7 14:4 16:1-17:18

are mine. Le 20:26 Nu 1:10,32-35 26:28-37 Isa 43:1 Eze 16:8 Mal 3:17 2Co 6:18 Eph 1:5

Reuben. 1Ch 5:1,2 Re 7:6,7

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

and shall be called. Jos 14:4

7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

Padan. 25:20

Rachel. 35:9,16-19 1Sa 10:2 Mt 2:18

to Ephrath. Ru 1:2 1Sa 1:1 17:12 Mic 5:2

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

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9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

my sons. 30:2 33:5 Ru 4:11-14 1Sa 1:20,27 2:20,21 1Ch 25:5 Ps 127:3 Isa 8:18 56:3-5

bless them. 27:4,28,29,34-40 28:3,4 49:28 De 33:1 Heb 11:21

10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

the eyes. 27:1 1Sa 3:2 4:15

dim. Heb. heavy. Isa 6:10 59:1

kissed. 27:27 31:55 45:15 1Ki 19:20

11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.

I had not. 37:33,35 42:36 45:26

God. Eph 3:20

12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

he bowed himself. Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render him forgetful of the respect due his father. The Egyptians were remarkable for the reverence paid to old age: 'for if a young person meet his senior, he instantly turns aside to make way for him; if an aged person enter an apartment, the youth always rise from their seats;' and Mr. Savary observe, that the same reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt.

18:2 19:1 23:7 33:3 42:6 Ex 20:12 34:8 Le 19:3,32 1Ki 2:19 2Ki 4:37 Pr 31:28 Eph 6:1

13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

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14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

his right hand. Ex 15:6 Ps 110:1 118:16

and laid. Nu 8:10,18 De 34:9 Mt 19:13,15 6:5 16:18 Lu 4:40 13:13 Ac 6:6 Ac 8:17-19 13:3 1Ti 4:14 5:22

guiding. 19

firstborn. 18 41:51 46:20

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 this day,

blessed. 16 27:4 28:3 49:28 De 33:1 Heb 11:21

did walk. 5:22-24 6:9 17:1 24:20 1Ki 3:6 Ps 16:8 Isa 30:21 Jer 8:2 Lu 1:6 1Co 10:31 2Co 1:12 Col 2:6 1Th 2:12

fed me. 28:20,22 Ps 23:1 37:3 103:4,5 Ec 2:24,25 5:12,18 6:7 Isa 33:16 Mt 6:25-34 1Ti 6:6-10

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.

Angel. 16:7-13 28:15 31:11-13 Ex 3:2-6 23:20,21 Jud 2:1-4 6:21-24 13:21 Jud 13:22 Ps 34:7,22 121:7 Isa 47:4 63:9 Ho 12:4,5 Mal 3:1 Ac 7:30-35 1Co 10:4,9

redeemed. Ps 34:2 Mt 6:13 Joh 17:15 Ro 8:23 2Ti 4:18 Tit 2:14

my name. 5 32:28 De 28:10 2Ch 7:14 Jer 14:9 Am 9:12 Ac 15:17

grow into. Heb. as fishes do increase. 1:21,22 Nu 1:46 26:34,37 Fish are the most prolific of all animals: a tench lays 1,000 eggs, a carp 20,000, and Leuwenhouk counted in a middling sized cod, 9,384,000.

A multitude. 49:22 Ex 1:7 Nu 26:28-37 De 33:17 Jos 17:17

17 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.

laid his. 14

displeased him. Heb. was evil in his eyes. 28:8 38:10 Nu 11:1 22:34 1Sa 16:7 1Ki 16:25 1Ch 21:7 Pr 24:18 Ro 9:7,8,11

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Not so. 19:18 Ex 10:11 Mt 25:9 Ac 10:14 11:8

for this. 27:15 29:26 43:33 49:3

19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

said, I know it. 14 17:20,21 25:28 Nu 1:33-35 2:19-21 De 33:17 Isa 7:17 Eze 27:10 Re 7:6,8

become. De 1:10 Ru 4:11,12

multitude. Heb. fulness.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Israel bless. 24:60 28:3 Ru 4:11,12

and he set. Nu 2:18-21 7:48,54 10:22,23 13:8,11,16

21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Behold. 50:24 1Ki 2:2-4 Ps 146:3,4 Zec 1:5,6 Lu 2:29 Ac 13:36 2Ti 4:6 Heb 7:3,8,23-25 2Pe 1:14

God. 15:14 28:15 46:4 De 1:1-46 31:8 Jos 1:5,9 3:7 23:14 24:1-33 Ps 18:46

land. 12:5 26:3 37:1

22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

given. 33:19 De 21:17 Jos 24:32 1Ch 5:2 Eze 47:13 Joh 4:5

Amorite. 15:16 34:28 Jos 17:14-18 Jud 11:23 Am 2:9