Chuàngshìjì 48:8

8 Yǐsèliè kànjian Yūesè de liǎng gè érzi , jiù shuō , zhè shì shuí ,

Chuàngshìjì 48:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 48:8

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons
Ephraim and Manasseh, of whom he had been speaking as if they were absent, and he might not know until now that they were present, for his eyes were dim that he could not see clearly, ( Genesis 49:10 ) ; he saw two young men standing by Joseph, but knew not who they were, and therefore asked the following question: and said, who [are] these?
whose sons are they? the Targum of Jonathan is,

``of whom were these born to thee?''

as if he knew them to be his sons, only inquired who the mother of them was; but the answer shows he knew them not to be his sons, and as for his wife, he could not be ignorant who she was.

Chuàngshìjì 48:8 In-Context

6 Nǐ zaì tāmen yǐhòu suǒ shēng de jiù shì nǐde , tāmen kĕyǐ guīyú tāmen dìxiōng de míng xià de chǎnyè .

7 Zhìyú wǒ , wǒ cóng bā dàn lái de shíhou , Lājié sǐ zaì wǒ yǎnqián , zaì Jiānán dì de lù shàng , lí Yǐfǎtā hái yǒu yī duàn lùchéng , wǒ jiù bǎ tā zàng zaì Yǐfǎtā de lù shàng . Yǐfǎtā jiù shì Bólìhéng .

8 Yǐsèliè kànjian Yūesè de liǎng gè érzi , jiù shuō , zhè shì shuí ,

9 Yūesè duì tā fùqin shuō , zhè shì shén zaì zhèlǐ cìgĕi wǒde érzi . Yǐsèliè shuō , qǐng nǐ lǐng tāmen dào wǒ gēnqián , wǒ yào gĕi tāmen zhùfú .

10 Yǐsèliè niánjì lǎomaì , yǎnjing hūnhuā , bùnéng kànjian . Yūesè lǐng tāmen dào tā gēnqián , tā jiù hé tāmen qīnzuǐ, bào zhe tāmen .