The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 48:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Now (literally, and) the eyes of Israel were dim (literally, heavy) for age, so that he could not see. This explains why he did not earlier recognize his grandchildren, and why he asked them to be set close by his bed.

And he (their father) brought them near unto him; and he (their old grandfather) kissed them, and embraced them (cf. Isaac's blessing of Jacob, Genesis 27:26, Genesis 27:27).

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