Gênesis 48:1

1 Depois destas coisas disseram a José: Eis que teu pai está enfermo. Então José tomou consigo os seus dois filhos, Manassés e Efraim.

Gênesis 48:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 48:1

And it came to pass after these things
Some little time after Jacob had sent for Joseph, and conversed with him about his burial in the land of Canaan, and took an oath to bury him there, for then the time drew nigh that he must die: that [one] told Joseph, behold, thy father [is] sick;
he was very infirm when he was last with him, and his natural strength decaying apace, by which he knew his end was near; but now he was seized with a sickness which threatened him with death speedily, and therefore very probably dispatched a messenger to acquaint Joseph with it. Jarchi fancies that Ephraim, the son of Joseph, lived with Jacob in the land of Goshen, and when he was sick went and told his father of it, but this is not likely from what follows: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim;
to see their grandfather before he died, to hear his dying words, and receive his blessing.

Gênesis 48:1 In-Context

1 Depois destas coisas disseram a José: Eis que teu pai está enfermo. Então José tomou consigo os seus dois filhos, Manassés e Efraim.

2 Disse alguém a Jacó: Eis que José, teu olho, vem ter contigo. E esforçando-se Israel, sentou-se sobre a cama.

3 E disse Jacó a José: O Deus Todo-Poderoso me apareceu em Luz, na terra de Canaã, e me abençoou,

4 e me disse: Eis que te farei frutificar e te multiplicarei; tornar-te-ei uma multidão de povos e darei esta terra � tua descendência depois de ti, em possessão perpétua.

5 Agora, pois, os teus dois filhos, que nasceram na terra do Egito antes que eu viesse a ti no Egito, são meus: Efraim e Manassés serão meus, como Rúben e Simeão;