Genesis 48:14 (WEB)
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Fathers and councils · 2
“…his hands, mystically crossed, upon his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father, looking outwardly, corrected them, but as he himself distinguished them.” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 13–19.
Read the whole comment“…father as being the younger, Jacob nevertheless blessed with his right hand, and preferred him before his elder brother with a benediction of hidden meaning.…For there was being figured how they were to be last that were first, and first were to be they that were last, through the Saviour’s coming, concerning whom…” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 14.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.