ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 48:8
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Gen 48:8

48:8 Who are these. Identification of the beneficiaries was part of the blessing ritual (v. 1 note). The nearly sightless Jacob (cf. 27:1) carefully identified the recipients of the irrevocable blessing (27:7 note).