Genesis 48:13-19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 48:19

(19) His younger brother shall be greater.—In the final numbering of the tribes on the plains of Moab, the tribe of Manasseh had 52,700 souls, and that of Ephraim only 32,500 (Numbers 26:34; Numbers 26:37). It was the division of the tribe of Manasseh into two portions which made it politically insignificant, while Ephraim obtained a commanding position in the land of Canaan; and as Joshua was an Ephraimite, it naturally held the rank of foremost tribe during his days, and claimed it always... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 48:1-22

THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBESGenesis 48:1-22; Genesis 49:1-33JACOB’S blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Henceforth the channel of God’s blessing to man does not consist of one person only, but of a people or nation. It is still one seed, as Paul reminds us, a unit that God will bless, but this unit is now no longer a single person-as Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob-but one people, composed of several parts, and yet one whole: equally representative of Christ, as the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 48:1-22

CHAPTER 48 Jacob adopts Ephraim and Manasseh 1. The sons of Joseph brought to Jacob (Gen. 48-12) 2. The words of Jacob (Genesis 48:3-7 ) 3. Ephraim and Manasseh presented (Genesis 48:8-14 ) 4. Jacob’s blessing (Genesis 48:13-16 ) 5. Joseph’s interference (Genesis 48:17-20 ) 6. Jacob’s last words to Joseph (Genesis 48:21-22 ) The adoption of Joseph’s sons is interesting and instructive. As the offspring of the Gentile wife Asenath they were in danger of becoming gentilized and thus... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 48:14

48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon {d} Ephraim’s head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.(d) God’s judgments are often contrary to man’s and he prefers what man despises. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 48:16

48:16 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 the earth.(e) This angel must be understood to be Christ, as in Genesis 31:13; Genesis 32:1.(f) Let them be taken as my children. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 48:17

48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it {g} displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.(g) Joseph fails by binding God’s grace to the order of nature. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 48:1-22

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 the bed. Then Jacob speaks to Joseph of God's first recorded appearance to him (Genesis 28:11-15) at Luz (or Bethel) in Canaan, giving him His special blessing, promising to multiply him into a multitude of people and to give that land to his descendants for an everlasting possession (vs.3-4).... read more

James Gray

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 48:13-14

As Jacob in the blessing was acting under the spirit of prophecy, he was guided more by what should take place in those tribes of Israel in the after ages of the Church, than by birth-right. See Numbers 1:32-35 . And some have thought that the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, were types of the Jewish and Gentile Church. Hence the last is more numerous than the first. Galatians 4:27 . read more

Grupo de Marcas