創世記 48:15 JCB

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 48:1-22

CLOSE OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE With the history of Joseph, Genesis concludes what is called the patriarchal age. Yet there are two or three facts for consideration before passing to the next book. THE LIFE OF JUDAH For example, Joseph’s history was interrupted almost at the beginning by that of his brother Judah (chap. 38). Judah’s history is shameful, but recorded because it bears upon the genealogy of Jesus, since Tamar, prostitute though she were, became an ancestress of our blessed Lord... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 48:1-22

The Last Days of Jacob Genesis 47-49 We have seen Jacob a runaway, a stranger, a hireling, and a prince having power with God. His deceptions, his dreams, his prayers, his visions, are now closing; and the sunset is not without gorgeousness and solemnity. Every sunset should make us pray or sing; it should not pass without leaving some sacred impression upon the mind. The dying sun should be a teacher of some lesson, and mystery, and grace of providence. We shall now see Jacob as we have... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 48:15

Sweet tribute to GOD the FATHER, and to GOD the SON, the Angel of the Covenant. Malachi 3:1 ; Exodus 25:20-21 ; 1 Corinthians 10:4 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 48:8-22

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... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 48:8-22

The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh v. 8. And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who are these? The eyes of Jacob being dim with age, he had not noticed the presence of the two young men till now. v. 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. Till now they had stood at a respectful distance, as becomes young people in the presence of their elders. v. 10. Now the eyes... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 48:1-22

NINTH SECTIONJacob’s sickness. His blessing of his grandchildren. Joseph’s sons. Genesis 48:1-221And it came to pass, after these things, that one1 told Joseph, Behold, thy father Isaiah 2:0 sick; and he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee; and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz [Bethel] in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. 4And... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 48:15-16

Genesis TWO RETROSPECTS OF ONE LIFE Gen_47:9 . - Gen_48:15 - Gen_48:16 . These are two strangely different estimates of the same life to be taken by the same man. In the latter Jacob categorically contradicts everything that he had said in the former. ‘Few and evil,’ he said before Pharaoh. ‘All my life long,’ ‘the Angel which redeemed me from all evil,’ he said on his death-bed. If he meant what he said when he spoke to Pharaoh, and characterised his life thus, he was wrong. He was... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 48:8-22

Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons Genesis 48:8-22 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 naturally put him in the foremost place. The Bible is full of hope for younger sons. He spoke of the Angel, Jehovah, so often referred to in the Old Testament, and who can be no other than the Son of God. He also is our Shepherd, Guardian and Friend. He will feed and tend us all our life long. He... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 48:1-22

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 said the planning of the schemer was still evident. Yet how wonderfully the divine overruling is seen, for in Jacob's adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh the redemption of Joseph from Egypt was brought about. Joseph had married an Egyptian woman and occupied a place of peculiar power in Egypt. What... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 48:15-16

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 all evil, bless the lads,’ etc. Genesis 48:15-Nehemiah : When St. Paul wished to select from the history of Jacob an instance of faith, he took the scene described in the text, when Joseph brings his two sons to the deathbed of his father. The text is therefore to be considered as one in which faith... read more