Genesis 48:1

וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לְיוֹסֵף הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חֹלֶה וַיִּקַּח אֶת ־ שְׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֹ אֶת ־ מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת ־ אֶפְרָֽיִם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

In Context

2וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל ־ הַמִּטָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 46:20וַיִּוָּלֵד לְיוֹסֵף בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה ־ לּוֹ אָֽסְנַת בַּת ־ פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן אֶת ־ מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת ־ אֶפְרָֽיִם ׃

2 Kings 13:14וֶֽאֱלִישָׁע חָלָה אֶת ־ חָלְיוֹ אֲשֶׁר יָמוּת בּוֹ וַיֵּרֶד אֵלָיו יוֹאָשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל ־ פָּנָיו וַיֹּאמַר אָבִי ׀ אָבִי רֶכֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשָֽׁיו ׃

Job 42:16וַיְחִי אִיּוֹב אַֽחֲרֵי ־ זֹאת מֵאָה וְאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה וירא אֶת ־ בָּנָיו וְאֶת ־ בְּנֵי בָנָיו אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרֽוֹת ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 48:1

The time drawing nigh that Israel must die, having, in the former chapter, given order about his burial, in this he takes leave of his grand-children by Joseph, and in the next of all his children. Thus Jacob's dying words are recorded, because he then spoke by a spirit of prophecy; Abraham's and Isaac's are not. God's gifts and graces shine forth much more in some saints than in others upon their death-beds. The Spirit, like the wind, blows where it listeth. In this chapter, I. Joseph, hearing of his father's… Read the whole commentary →

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