“And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?”
When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked: who are these? The formal question of identity precedes the formal act of adoption and blessing — the covenant acts require the proper identification of those receiving them. The application: the significant covenant acts of adoption and blessing are conducted with deliberate formality. Jacob asks who they are before he blesses them.
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