Daniel Whedon 22. I have given to thee one portion The word rendered portion is shechem, ( שׁכם , shoulder,) and may have been employed with some allusion to the town of this name, which was situated in the hill country of Ephraim, (Joshua 20:7,) and the place near which Joseph’s bones were buried . Joshua 24:32. Here was the “parcel of a field” which Jacob purchased of Hamor, the father of Shechem . Genesis 33:19. And this in later tradition was understood to be “the parcel of ground which Jacob gave... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 48:22
22. I have given to thee one portion The word rendered portion is shechem, ( שׁכם , shoulder,) and may have been employed with some allusion to the town of this name, which was situated in the hill country of Ephraim, (Joshua 20:7,) and the place near which Joseph’s bones were buried . Joshua 24:32. Here was the “parcel of a field” which Jacob purchased of Hamor, the father of Shechem . Genesis 33:19. And this in later tradition was understood to be “the parcel of ground which Jacob gave... read more