23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
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And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-26)Here is, I. The prolonging of Joseph’s life in Egypt: he lived to be a hundred and ten years old , Gen. 50:22. Having honoured his father, his days were long in the land which, for the present, God had given him; and it was a great mercy to his relations that God continued him so long, a support and comfort to them. II. The building up of Joseph’s family: he lived to see his great-grand-children b…
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