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Genesis 48:11 KJV
Genesis · chapter 48 · verse 11
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.Genesis 48:11 · King James Version
Genesis 48:11 in context
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.
13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thoughtpâlalto judgeH6419 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- facepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- seerâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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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