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Genèse 48:11

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11 Et Israël dit à Joseph: Je ne croyais plus voir ton visage, et voici, Dieu m'a fait voir même ta postérité.

Genèse 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.

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Genèse 48:11 In-Context

9 Et Joseph répondit à son père: Ce sont mes fils, que Dieu m'a donnés ici. Alors il dit: Amène-les-moi, je te prie, afin que je les bénisse.
10 Or, les yeux d'Israël étaient appesantis de vieillesse; il ne pouvait plus voir. Il les fit approcher de lui, et il les baisa et les embrassa.
11 Et Israël dit à Joseph: Je ne croyais plus voir ton visage, et voici, Dieu m'a fait voir même ta postérité.
12 Et Joseph les retira d'entre les genoux de son père, et il se prosterna le visage contre terre.
13 Puis Joseph les prit tous deux, Éphraïm de sa main droite, à la gauche d'Israël, et Manassé de sa main gauche, à la droite d'Israël, et il les fit approcher de lui.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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