The right of primogeniture has been forfeited by Reuben. The double portion in the inheritance is now transferred to Joseph. He is the first-born o…

He bowed himself. —The Samaritan, Syriac, and Septuagint Versions regard the Hebrew verb as a contracted plural, and many…

And Joseph brought them out. Moses explains more fully what he had touched upon in a single word. Joseph brings out his sons from his own …

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees
Either from between his own, where they were kneeling, as he was …

The two good men acknowledge God in their comforts. Joseph says, They are my sons whom God has given me. Jacob says, God hath showed m…