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…

Guiding his hands wittingly. —The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate translate, “placing his hands crosswise;” but the Targum of Onke…

And Israel stretched out his right hand. Since his eyes were dim with age, so that he could not, by looking, discern which was the elder, …

And Israel stretched out his right hand. Not directly forward, but across, or otherwise it would have been laid on Manass…

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…