The eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see— The dimness of Jacob's sight well accounts for his not distinguishing these children of Joseph; but, as soon as they were known to him, he embraced them with all imaginable tenderness; and the feeling heart may easily conceive the satisfaction which the good old patriarch must have had, in beholding not only a son whom he had given over for lost, but that son in an honourable state, and blessed with a posterity. His heart was warmed with the grateful sentiment—I had not thought to see THY FACE, says he; I even despaired of that satisfaction; and lo! abundant in mercy to me, God hath shewed me also THINE OFFSPRING! Genesis 48:11.
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Genesis 48:10
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dima for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.