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It happened after these things, that one said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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A Visit of Destiny
Commentators explain that this was more than a simple family visit. Joseph, hearing of his father's final illness, brings his sons for a formal and prophetic purpose. This meeting sets the stage for Jacob to officially adopt Ephraim and Manasseh, thereby granting Joseph the double portion of the birthright and establishing two future tribes of Israel.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
His two sons. —We have already seen that the purpose of the genealogy given in Genesis 46 was not the enumeration of Jacob’s child…
16th Century
Protestant
After these things. Moses now passes to the last act of Jacob’s life, which, as we will see, was especially worthy of remembrance. For, si…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass after these things Some little time after Jacob had sent for Joseph, and conversed with him abou…
The deathbeds of believers, with the prayers and counsels of dying persons, are suited to make serious impressions upon the young, the carefree, an…
