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Genesis
Chapter 48
{Jacob
Blesses Joseph's Sons and Treats Them Both as His Own Sons}
{Verses
1-7: Jacob takes Three Looks at Life - 2) Now Looks Backward}
1^~
And it came to pass after these things,
that
one told Joseph,
Behold,
your father is sick
and
he took with him
his
two sons, Manasseh {oldest} and Ephraim.
{Death
Bed Visit}
2^~And
one told Jacob, and kept on saying,
Behold,
your son Joseph comes unto you.
And
Israel {Jacob} strengthened himself,
and
sat upon the bed.
3^~And
Jacob kept on saying unto Joseph,
God
Almighty {'El Shadday}
appeared
unto me at Bethel/
{Luwz - Canaanite word for city later to be called Bethel - also
means 'the almond tree'}
in
the land of Canaan, and blessed me."
{Note: Jacob is dying and tells Joseph not to worry - he is saved.}
{Land
Grant to Abraham Was Passed to Jacob and His Seed}
4^~And
{God} kept on saying unto me,
"Behold,
I will make you fruitful,
and
multiply you,
and
I will make of you a multitude of people
and
will give this land to your seed
after
you for an everlasting possession."
{Note: Jacob could not possess the land forever unless he had everlasting life. He was saved.}
5^~"And
now your two sons,
Ephraim
{the younger} and Manasseh,
{notice that Jacob reversed the order! You never mention the
youngest first because the oldest is the heir! So . . . who is Jacob
saying will be the heir? Ephraim}
who
were born unto you in the land of Egypt
before
I came unto you into Egypt, are mine.
As
Reuben {oldest} and Simeon, they shall be mine
{in the analogy Ephraim is 'as to Reuben' indicating that both are
the heirs}."
{Note: See Revelation 2:4-8. The evangelists of the Tribulation will come from almost all of the Tribes of Israel. But, Ephraim and Manasseh are listed as the Tribes of Israel as if they were 'his sons like Reuben and Simeon'. SideNote: the tribe of Dan was excluded - RBT says because 'Dan was like a serpent' meaning that the Jewish Dictator of the Tribulation would come from the tribe of Dan.}
6^^"And
your {Joseph's} issue/seed/children,
which
you sired after them, shall be yours
{not as 'sons of Jacob' but grandchildren and so forth},
and
shall be called after the name of their brethren
in
their inheritance."
7^^"And
as for me {Jacob},
when
I came from Padan,
Rachel
died by me in the land of Canaan in the way,
when
yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath.
And
I buried her there in the way of Ephrath . . .
the
same is Bethlehem.
{Verses
8-22: Jacob takes Three Looks at Life - 3) Looks Upward}
8^^And
Israel {Jacob} beheld Joseph's sons,
and
kept on saying,
"Who
are these?"
9^^And
Joseph kept on saying unto his father,
"They
are my sons,
whom
God has given me in this place {Egypt}."
And
he {Jacob} kept on saying,
"Bring
them, I beseech you, unto me, and I will bless them."
10^^Now
the eyes of Israel were dim for age,
so
that he could not see.
And
he brought them near unto him
and
he kissed them, and embraced them.
{A
Happy Grandfather Gives Credit to the Lord}
11^^And
Israel {Jacob} kept on saying unto Joseph,
"I
had not thought to see your face
and,
lo, 'Elohiym/Godhead has showed me also your seed."
12^^And
Joseph brought them out from between his knees,
and
he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13^^And
Joseph took them both,
Ephraim
in his right hand toward Israel's left hand
{Ephraim is the youngest and Joseph is pushing him toward
the non-blessing hand of Jacob},
and
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand
{Manasseh is the oldest and the right hand is the side of blessings
heirship) The right hand is the 'double-portion' hand and the 'cash
hand' - entire inheritance},
and
brought them near unto him.
{Jacob
Crosses His Hands and Blesses The Youngest with the Heirship}
14^^And
Israel stretched out his right hand {indicating heirship},
and
laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger,
and
his left hand upon Manasseh's head,
guiding
his hands wittingly
{meaning he did the cross hand bit on purpose - no mistake};
for
Manasseh was the firstborn
{still 'as a son', but not the heir of Jacob}.
{Note: Principal: God does not bless by natural birth. God blesses by re-birth! Regeneration. Positive volition to Him and His Word. All believers have the same 'equal rights' and chances to grow to spiritual maturity. This is the ONLY true 'equality' in life. In all other aspects of life, people are NOT equal. In fact, we are told to treat others also growing in grace as BETTER than us - NOT as equals to us - better than us - see Philippians 2:3.}
15^~
And he {Jacob} blessed Joseph, and kept on saying,
"
'Elohiym/Godhead, before whom my fathers Abraham
and
Isaac did talk,
'Elohiym/Godhead
Who shepherded me
all
my life long unto this day
{means to live one day at a time - continues to do this for Jacob
and always will}."
{Note: Jacob was a rat and a chiseler most of his life. Only the last 17 years has he apparently become a mature believer. But here he said that God - in His faithful grace - shepherded him ALL his life - which is true for all believers - carnal or spiritual.}
16^^
" The Angel
{mal'ak - refers to the Angel of Jehovah - the Lord Jesus Christ}
who
redeemed me from all evil,
bless
the lads
and
let my name be named on them,
and
the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac
and
let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
17^^And
when Joseph saw
that
his father laid his right hand
upon
the head of Ephraim,
it
displeased him.
And
he held up his father's hand,
to
remove it from Ephraim's head
unto
Manasseh's head.
18^^And
Joseph kept on saying unto his father,
"Not
so, my father
for
this is the firstborn.
Put
your right hand upon his head."
19^^And
his father refused, and kept on saying,
"I
know it, my son, I know it.
He
also shall become a people,
and
he also shall be great.
But
truly his younger brother shall be greater than he,
and
his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20^^And
he {Jacob} blessed them that day, saying,
"In
you shall Israel bless, saying,
'Elohiym/Godhead
make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh."
And
he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21^^And
Israel kept on saying unto Joseph,
"Behold,
I die
but
'Elohiym/Godhead shall be with you,
and
bring you again unto the land of your fathers."
22^^"Moreover
I {Jacob} have given to you
one
portion above your brethren,
which
I took out of the hand of the Amorite
with
my sword and with my bow."
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