“Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.”
Now Israel's eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them. The failing eyes of Israel echo the failing eyes of Isaac in Genesis 27:1 — the blind patriarch who gave the covenant blessing to the wrong son. Now the blind patriarch will again cross his hands contrary to birth order, but this time deliberately. The application: the reversal of expected birth order in blessing is the pattern of the covenant from Jacob and Esau forward. God chooses contrary to natural expectation.
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