Gen 50:23 | TNotes | STEP | 50:23 whom he claimed as his own (literally who were born on Joseph’s knees ): Placing them on his knees at their birth was a symbolic act signifying that they came from him and belonged to him (cp. Job 3:12 ).

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‏ Genesis 50:23

50:23 ^a whom he claimed as his own (literally who were born on Joseph’s knees): Placing them on his knees at their birth was a symbolic act signifying that they came from him and belonged to him (cp. Job 3:12 ^b).