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Genesis 48:10 KJV
Genesis · chapter 48 · verse 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.Genesis 48:10 · King James Version
Genesis 48:10 in context
8And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
9And 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.
10Now 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.
11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- kissednâshaqto kiss, literally or figurativelyH5401 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- nearnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- dimkâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- agezôqenold ageH2207 →
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Here is, I. The blessing with which Jacob blessed the two sons of Joseph, which is the more remarkable because the apostle makes such particular mention of it (Heb 11:21), while he says nothing of the blessing which Jacob pronounced on the rest of his sons, though that also was done in faith. Observe here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-22