THEOSISGenesis 48:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day:
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הָֽאֱלֹהִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ הִתְהַלְּכ֨וּ אֲבֹתַ֤י לְפָנָיו֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם וְיִצְחָ֔ק הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הָרֹעֶ֣ה אֹתִ֔י מֵעוֹדִ֖י עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 17:1And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.
- Col 2:6As therefore you have received Jesus Christ the Lord, walk ye in him:
- Gen 28:3And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.
- Eccl 5:12There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
- Gen 48:16The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.
- 2 Cor 1:12For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.
- Ps 23 (22):1
- Heb 11:21By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and adored the top of his rod.