Genesis 48:12

I admire the filial reverence of Joseph to his dying father! Oh! what an example worthy of imitation. Leviticus 19:32.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph Visits His Sick Father The right of primogeniture has been forfeited by Reuben. The double portion in the inheritance is now transferre...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:27 to Genesis 48:22 . Jacob Extracts an Oath that Joseph will Bury him in Canaan, and Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. Genesis 47:22...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. And Joseph brought them out. Moses explains more fully what he had touched upon in a single word. Joseph brings forth his sons from his o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Joseph - bowed himself with his face to the eart...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Brought them out from between his knees— We must suppose Jacob to be sitting upon his bed, with his legs upon the ground, see ch. Genesis 49:33 ....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim, the Sons of Joseph He adopts them as his own sons with privileges equal to the others, thus making them heads...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He bowed himself. — The Samaritan, Syriac, and LXX. Versions regard the Hebrew verb as a contracted plural, and many modern commentators adopt this...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE BLESSINGS OF THE TRIBES Genesis 48:1-22 ; Genesis 49:1-33 JACOB'S blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. He...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons Genesis 48:8-22 By his act in blessing them, Jacob reversed the verdict of birth, and gave the younger the birthrig...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The use of the two names is observed once more. Jacob was sick, but, hearing that Joseph was coming to see him, it was Israel that strengthened himse...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees ,.... Either from between his own, where they were kneeling, as he was sitting, in order that the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Ver. 12. From between his knees. ] That is, F...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From between his knees Not his own, but Jacob's , between which they stood, while Jacob kissed and embraced them, and from which Joseph removed th...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL'S BLESSING FOR JOSEPH AND HIS SONS A little later Joseph was told that his father was sick, so he brought his two sons, Manasseh and Ephrai...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob Blesses the Sons of Joseph; Jacob's Dying Prophecy. B. C. 1689....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From between his knees; not his own knees, from which they had been taken before, but Jacob's knees, between which they stood whilst Jacob kissed a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joseph brought them out from between his knees and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.' Joseph is filled with gratitude for what his...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 48:12 . And Joseph brought them out from between his knees.] “His,” i.e., Jacob’s. He was in a sitting posture, and in...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 48 and 49 (with Deuteronomy 33 and Judges 5 ) Jacob's blessing of his sons marks the close of the patriarchal dispensation. Hencefort...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 48:1 . His two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. We here see again with what alacrity, reverence and devotion the sons of the holy patriarchs aw...
The Biblical Illustrator

Israel beheld Joseph’s sons Lessons 1. Prudence in good men may divert nature from the remembrance of sad events. About Rachel. 2. Weak na...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 48:1 And it came to pass after these things ( i.e. the events recorded in the preceding chapter, and in particular af...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Blessing upon Ephraim and Manasseh
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, where Jacob had held them in a fond embrace, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth, a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he bowed himself. Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 23:7 Genesis 33:3 Genesis 42:6 Exodus 20:12 Exodus 34:8 Leviticus 19:3 Leviticus...

¹² And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 48:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 48:12