And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him,....
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Genesis 48:17
Genesis 48:17
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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 48:1-22Genesis 48:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 48:1-22Genesis 48:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryJacob's dying utterances.
I. AN OLD MAN'S SICK-BED. "It came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick." In this the venerable patriarch—
1. Suffered an experience that is common to…Genesis 48:1-22Genesis 48:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryWe are admitted into the inner chamber of the patriarch's departing life, and we see there the presence of Jehovah with him. He is—
1. The subject of inspiration.
2. The mediator of the Divine promises. He is under…