Genesis 48:11

11 Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't expect I'd see your face, but now God has shown me your children too."

Genesis 48:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 48:11

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy
face
Some years ago he never expected to have seen him any more; he had given him up for lost, as a dead man, when his sons brought him his coat dipped in blood; and by reason of the long course of years which passed before ever he heard anything of him: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed;
it was an additional favour to see his offspring; it can hardly be thought, that in a course of seventeen years he had been in Egypt, he had not seen them before, only he takes this opportunity, which was the last he should have of expressing his pleasure on this occasion.

Genesis 48:11 In-Context

9 Joseph told his father, "They're my sons, whom God gave me here." Israel said, "Bring them to me and I will bless them."

10 Because Israel's eyesight had failed from old age and he wasn't able to see, Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

11 Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't expect I'd see your face, but now God has shown me your children too."

12 Then Joseph took them from Israel's knees, and he bowed low with his face to the ground.

13 Joseph took both of them, Ephraim in his right hand at Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand at Israel's right hand, and brought them close to him.