“And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.”
Some time later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him to receive the deathbed blessing. The bringing of the two Egyptian-born sons to the dying patriarch is Joseph's covenant faithfulness — he brings them while there is still time. The application: the awareness that the window for blessing is closing is the awareness that moves toward the dying person without delay.
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