And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Ver. 15. God, beforewhom my fathers did walk.] This is the highest praise that can be given to ancestors; this is the crown of all commendation, to have walked with God as a man walketh with his friend. This is better than a thousand escutcheons.
The God which fed me all my life long.] As a shepherd tends and feeds his sheep. Psalms 23:1 ; Psa 80:1 Jacob looks beyond all second causes, and sees, as once at Bethel, God on the top of the ladder. Gen 28:12-15