Genesis 48:8

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who are these? The eyes of Jacob being dim with age, he had not noticed the presence of the two young men till now.

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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

8. And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons. I have no doubt that he had inquired concerning the youths, before he called them his heirs. But in the n...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? Who are these? - At Genesis 48:10 it is said, that Jacob's eyes were dim for age, that...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephra...
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

Who are these? — This question is asked as the solemn turning of the discourse to the young men who were now to be invested with the patriarchal ra...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 35:19 ; 1 Samuel 10:2 Though the natural eyes of the Patriarch were grown dim; yet how quick sighted was the eye of faith?
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons ,.... Ephraim and Manasseh, of whom he had been speaking as if they were absent, and he might not know until now tha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are] these? Ver. 8. Who are these? ] Here Jacob, seeing Joseph's two sons, and now first understan...
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

For Jacob's eyes were dim through age and infirmity, as is observed Genesis 48:10 , and therefore he could not distinctly discern them.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Israel became aware of Joseph's sons and said, “Who are these?” The old man is blind ( Genesis 48:10 ) and he has only been aware of Joseph, b...
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...
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Related Commentaries of Genesis 48:8

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

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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 48:8