14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,{"Manasseh" sounds like the Hebrew for "forget."} "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."
whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!"
Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
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Commentary on Genesis 48 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 48
The time drawing nigh that Israel must die, having, in the former chapter, given order about his burial, in this he takes leave of his grand-children by Joseph, and in the next of all his children. Thus Jacob's dying words are recorded, because he then spoke by a spirit of prophecy; Abraham's and Isaac's are not. God's gifts and graces shine forth much more in some saints than in others upon their death-beds. The Spirit, like the wind, blows where it listeth. In this chapter,
Gen 48:1-7
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Gen 48:8-22
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