...subsequent visit to his sick father ? A. His sons Ephrakn and Manasseh, whom Jacob blessed, saying, " God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did...named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." Q. What followed this interview...

...seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." And again, Genesis, chapter 48, verses 15 & 16, " And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom...angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ;" &c. Having examined this testimony of Jacob, on this important point, we will remark that Jacob...

...Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly ; for Manasseh was the firstborn. q HA. XL 21. 15 ^| And q he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers...the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and...

...Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly ; for Manasseh icos the firstborn. '•!.'••. And be lounc in the city, and the principal scribe of the...of the land, and threescore men of the people of th t lö The anzel which redeemed 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken...

...back upon the way by which the Lord his God had led him, he could but exclaim, " The God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day ; the Angel which redeemed me from all evil bless the lads" (Gen. xlviii. 15, 1C). David was naught but a shepherd boy, and little accounted of in his father's...

...whole transaction even upon his death-bed, when in blessing Joseph he expressed himself thus — The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk,...redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. As favoured dependents of the same God, it equally...

...bounty, as the principal cause that all proceeds. Thus Jacob speaketh of God, " God before whom ray fathers, Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which...which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads," &c. When he had mentioned his father Abraham and Isaac's walking with God, he describeth his own by...

...!.. . - :• '• • *•i - V DISCOURSE VIII. THE BENEDICTION OF THE AGED. GENESIS xlviii. 15, 16. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God tehich fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the...

...for Mnnasseh was the first-born. . 15 H And he blessed Joseph, and said,God, before whom my father* nce, let me hear thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance IB The Angel which redeemed me from all eviL'biess tlie hub; And let my name be named on them, and...

...covenant ", is implied in the terms of the invocation, which is addressed to a single personage : " God, before whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, did walk ; the God who fed me all my life long unto this day ; the angel who redeemed me from all evil ; bless the lads."...