Genesis 50:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl - mı̂tsrayı̂m , Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records...
Genesis 50:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Were brought up upon Joseph's knees - They were educa...
Genesis 50:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. Joseph dwelt in Egypt. He lived 80 years after his elevation to the chief power, witnessing a...
Genesis 50:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Burial of Jacob, and Death of Joseph 2. For the importance attached by the Egyptians to the preservation of the corpse see on Genesis 40:19 . The process, which was so thorough that mummies o...
Genesis 50:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The third generation. — These would be Joseph’s great-grandchildren. Thus Eran, son of Shuthelah, son of Ephraim, was to be born in Joseph’s lifetime ( Numbers 26:35-36 ). Were brought up... — H...
Genesis 50:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Loves until His Death Genesis 50:15-26 The fear of Joseph's brethren illustrates the insecurity of a position which is conceded only at the bidding of the tender caprice of love, apart f...
Genesis 50:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have a strange and wonderful sight. Jacob was buried with Egyptian pomp, yet in the land of promise. Thus, at last, after a career checkered from the beginning, Jacob entered into his rest. T...
Genesis 50:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How graciously, sometimes, the LORD lengthens out the years of the faithful! see Job 42:16 .
Genesis 50:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation ,.... His great grandchildren's children; and which shows, as most interpreters observe, that Jacob's prediction, that Ephraim should be the...
Genesis 50:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 23. Brought up upon Joseph's knees.] Who with...
Genesis 50:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to b...
Genesis 50:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Joseph. B. C. 1635. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's ho...
Genesis 50:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of the third generation, reckoning from and after Ephraim, i.e., Ephraim's grandchildren's children. So early did Ephraim's privilege above Manasseh appear, and Jacob's blessing \ Genesis 48:19...
Genesis 50:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.' That he lives to a grand old age is certain, for he lives...
Genesis 50:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:23 . Of the third generation.] “Either sons belonging to, or sons of, the third generation. If the former, then his (Joseph’s) great,—if the latter, his great-grea...
Genesis 50:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 50:2 . The physicians embalmed Israel. The Egyptians in early times built pyramids to contain their dead, and they preserved them from putrefaction by balsomic paste. This was performed by...
Genesis 50:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you Dying Joseph: I. SATISFIED WITH THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD. II. FULL OF FAITH. 1. Sure of God’s covenant. 2. Superior...
Genesis 50:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 50:15 And when (literally and ) Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they (literally, and they) said, Joseph will peradventure hate us,— literally,...
Genesis 50:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Joseph
Genesis 50:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the children. Genesis 48:19 Genesis 49:12 Numbers 32:33 Numbers 32:39 Joshua 17:1 Job 42:16 Psalms 128:6 brought up. Heb. born. Joseph's. Genesis 30:3

Genesis 50:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 50:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 50:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 50:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 50:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 50:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 50:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 50:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 50:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 50:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 50:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge