Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 48:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 48:5 - 48:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 48:5 - 48:5

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48:1 - 48:1
48:2 - 48:2
48:3 - 48:3
48:4 - 48:4
48:5 - 48:5
48:9 - 48:9
48:13 - 48:13
48:21 - 48:21
48:22 - 48:22

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 (1Ch 5:1, 1Ch 5:2).

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 (Heb 11:25).