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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 49:22 - 49:22
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Gen 49:22-26. Joseph.
a fruitful bough, etc. - denotes the extraordinary increase of that tribe (compare Num 1:33-35; Jos 17:17; Deu 33:17). The patriarch describes him as attacked by envy, revenge, temptation, ingratitude; yet still, by the grace of God, he triumphed over all opposition, so that he became the sustainer of Israel; and then he proceeds to shower blessings of every kind upon the head of this favorite son. The history of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh shows how fully these blessings were realized.