John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 48:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face, etc.] Some years ago he never expected to have seen him any more; he had given him up for lost, as a dead man, when his sons brought him his coat dipped in blood; and by reason of the long course of years which passed before ever he heard anything of him: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed; it was an additional favour to see his offspring; it can hardly be thought, that in a course of seventeen years he had been in Egypt, he had not seen them before, only he takes this opportunity, which was the last he should have of expressing his pleasure on this occasion.

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