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Genesis 50:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 50 · verse 23
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.Genesis 50:23 · King James Version
Genesis 50:23 in context
21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Ephraim'sʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- MachirMâkîyrMakir, an IsraeliteH4353 →
- thirdshillêsha descendant of the third degreeH8029 →
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Here is, I. The prolonging of Joseph's life in Egypt: he lived to be a hundred and ten years old, Gen 50:22. Having honoured his father, his days were long in the land which, for the present, God had given him; and it was a great mercy to his relations that God continued him so long, a support and comfort to them. II.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-26