Genesis 48:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

Thy issue which thou begettest, х 'ªsher (H834) howladtaa (H3205)] - which thou hast begotten.

Shall be called after the name of their brethren. Here the rule is distinctly laid down for regulating all questions of their future genealogies, and a sufficient reason why certain names, and no more, were inserted in the catalogue contained in the preceding chapter.

Genesis 48:6

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.