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Genesis 48:14 KJV
Genesis · chapter 48 · verse 14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.Genesis 48:14 · King James Version
Genesis 48:14 in context
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.
14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15And he 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,
16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Manasseh'sMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- Ephraim'sʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- youngertsâʻîyrlittleH6810 →
- guidingsâkalto be circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
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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