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Genesis 48:9

in Genesis 48

Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

KJV

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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This verse in Genesis 48

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them--The apostle (Heb 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.

This site's exposition

When Israel saw the sons of Joseph

on Genesis 48:8-10

Israel's eyes are poor with age, and he asks who the boys are. Isaac's eyes had failed the same way at Genesis 27:1, and a son was passed off as his brother. Joseph answers that God gave him these sons in Egypt. He asks for them to be brought close, so that he may bless them.

This site's exposition

the sons God has given me in this place

Joseph answers the way his father once answered Esau at 33:5, naming his children as God's gift. Sons born to an Egyptian wife in a foreign land are still counted as grace. Jacob's reply turns at once to blessing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Joseph said unto his father, they are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He not only prevents our fears, but exceeds our hopes. We may apply this to the promise which is made to us and to our children. We could not have thought that we should have been taken into covenant with God ourselves, considering how guilty and corrupt we are; and yet, lo, he has shown us our seed also in covenant with him.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יוֹסֵף֙Joseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אָבִ֔יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • בָּנַ֣י[are] sons my

    banaiH1121 →4930 times

  • הֵ֔םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־whom

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָֽתַן־he has given

    natan-H5414 →2011 times

  • לִ֥יto me

    li

  • אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • בָּזֶ֑הin this [place]

    bazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וַיֹּאמַ֕רand he said

    vaiyomarH559 →5305 times

  • קָֽחֶם־fetch them

    kachem-H3947 →966 times

  • נָ֥אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • אֵלַ֖יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃so I may bless them

    vaavarakhemH1288 →330 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”8 worksGenesis 33:5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”6 worksHebrews 2:13And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”5 worksHebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.3 worksIsaiah 56:3–5Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”2 worksIsaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”2 worksGenesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”2 works1 Samuel 2:20–21And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.2 worksGenesis 27:28–29May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.2 worksPsalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.2 works1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,2 works1 Chronicles 26:4–5And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,2 worksGenesis 27:34–40When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”2 worksDeuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.2 worksGenesis 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.2 worksRuth 4:11–14“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.2 worksGenesis 28:3–4May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 8:18

    Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 2:13–14

      And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

    • Luke 2:34

      Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken…

    • Zechariah 8:3

      This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…

  • Through

    Genesis 27:4

    Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:20

      By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

    • Genesis 27:25

      “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he…

  • Through

    Genesis 33:5

    When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 127:3

      Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

    • Isaiah 8:18

      Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:21

    By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 47:31

      “Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Garden of Eden, Thomas Cole, 1828, Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Public domain.
The Garden of Eden, Thomas Cole, 1828, Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 48 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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