thy father: John 11:3
his two sons: Genesis 41:50-52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 50:23; Job 42:16; Psalms 128:6
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Genesis 48:1
Genesis 48:1
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Genesis 48 — OverviewGenesis 48 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe time drawing nigh that Israel must die, having, in the former
chapter, given order about his burial, in this he takes leave of his
grand-children by Joseph, and in the next of all his children. Thus
Jacob's…Genesis 48 — OverviewGenesis 48 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 48:1, Joseph with his sons visits his sick father; Genesis 48:2, Jacob strengthens himself to bless them; Genesis 48:3, He repeats God’s promise; Genesis 48:5, He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons;…Genesis 48 — OverviewGenesis 48 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJoseph, hearing that his father Jacob was sick, paid him a visit,Ge 49:1; at which time Jacob gave him an account of the Lord's appearing to him at Luz, and of the promise he made unto him,Ge 49:3; then he adopted his…Genesis 48:1-7Genesis 48:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. Joseph, upon notice of his father's illness, goes to see him;
though a man of honour and business, yet he will not fail to show this
due respect to his aged father, v. 1. Visiting the sick, to whom we lie…Genesis 48:1Genesis 48:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd 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…Genesis 48:1-22Genesis 48:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION