Genesis 48

My Notes Authors Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 5. thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh—It was the intention of the aged patriarch to adopt Joseph’s sons as his own, thus giving him a double portion. The reasons for this procedure are stated (1 Chronicles 5:1 , 2). are mine—Though their connections might have attached them to Egypt and opened to them brilliant prospects in the land of their nativity, they willingly accepted the adoption (Hebrews 11:25 ).

My Notes Authors Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 9. Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them—The apostle (Hebrews 11:21 ) selected the blessing of Joseph’s son as the chief, because the most comprehensive, instance of the patriarch’s faith which his whole history furnishes.