Hebrews 11:21 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

KJV

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Damascene

ORTHODOX FAITH 4.11 (749)

The tree of life that was planted by God in paradise prefigured this honorable cross, for, since death came by a tree, it was necessary for life and the resurrection to be bestowed by a tree. It was Jacob who first prefigured the cross, when he adored the top of the rod of Joseph. And when he blessed Joseph's sons with his hands crossed, he most clearly described the sign of the cross.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The time and season when Jacob thus acted his faith: when he was dying. He lived by faith, and he died by faith and in faith. Observe, Though the grace of faith is of universal use throughout our whole lives, yet it is especially so when we come to die.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying - Gen 47:31; 48:1-20. That is, when he was about to die. He saw his death near when he pronounced this blessing on Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph. And worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff - This is an exact quotation from the Septuagint in Gen 47:31. The English version of that place is, “and Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head,” which is a proper translation, in the main, of the word מטּה miTTah.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
Ἰακὼβ	Iakōb	Jacob	G2384 →
ἀποθνῄσκων	apothnēskōn	dying	G599 →
ἕκαστον	hekaston	each	G1538 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
υἱῶν	huiōn	sons	G5207 →
Ἰωσὴφ	Iōsēph	of Joseph	G2501 →
εὐλόγησεν	eulogēsen	blessed	G2127 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσεκύνησεν	prosekunēsen	worshiped	G4352 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἄκρον	akron	top	G206 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ῥάβδου	rhabdou	staff	G4464 →
αὐτοῦ.¶	autou	of him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 47:31
“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:47
  The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater…
- Genesis 24:3
  and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites…
- Genesis 47:29
  When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise…
- Genesis 24:26
  Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- Genesis 48:1–2
  Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.