16And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
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He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, …
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-16)It is looked upon as the indication of a kind and tender disposition to take notice of little children, and this was remarkable in our Lord Jesus, which is an encouragement not only to little children to apply themselves to Christ when they are very young, but to grown people, who are conscious to themselves of weakness and childishness, and of being, through manifold infirmities, helpless and use…
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