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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 50:23

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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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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