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Hebrews 11:21 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 11 · verse 21
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.Hebrews 11:21 · King James Version
Hebrews 11:21 in context
19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- worshippedproskyneōto kiss the hand to one, in token of reverence, among the Orientals, esp. the Persians…G4352 →
- blessedeulogeōto praise, celebrate with praises, to invoke blessings, to consecrate a thing with solemn…G2127 →
- JosephiōsēphJoseph = " let him add" , the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob, the son of…G2501 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- JacobiakōbJacob = " heel-catcher or supplanter" , was the second son of Isaac, the father…G2384 →
- dyingapothnēskōto die, of the natural death of man, of the violent death of man or animals, to perish by…G599 →
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The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old Testament times, and these may be divided into two classes: - 1. Those whose names are mentioned, and the particular exercise and actings of whose faith are specified. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-31