Gen 48:15-20 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 48:15-16: 48:15-16 In his blessing on Joseph, Jacob used a threefold invocation to describe the God in whom he trusted: (1) the God who was in covenant with his fathers Abraham and Isaac (28:13 ; 31:5 , 42 ; 32:9 ; 46:3 ); (2) the God who had been his shepherd (cp. 49:24 ; Exod 6:6 ; Ps 23:1 ; Isa 59:20 ); and (3) the Angel who rescued him from all harm. He prayed the same blessings for Joseph’s sons.

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‏ Genesis 48:15-20

Summary for Gen 48:15-16: 48:15-16 ^a In his blessing on Joseph, Jacob used a threefold invocation to describe the God in whom he trusted: (1) the God who was in covenant with his fathers Abraham and Isaac (28:13 ^b; 31:5 ^c, 42 ^d; 32:9 ^e; 46:3 ^f); (2) the God who had been his shepherd (cp. 49:24 ^g; Exod 6:6 ^h; Ps 23:1 ⁱ; Isa 59:20 ^j); and (3) the Angel who rescued him from all harm. He prayed the same blessings for Joseph’s sons.
Summary for Gen 48:17-19: 48:17-19 ^k Joseph was upset: He expected God to act according to convention, but faith recognizes that God’s ways are not man’s ways, and God’s thoughts are not man’s thoughts. It took Jacob a lifetime to learn this lesson, but he did learn it, and here he acted on it.