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Sforno on Genesis 48:11/ספורנו על בראשית מ״ח:י״א
אגַּם אֶת זַרְעֶךָ. וַעֲלֵיהֶם אָמַר קְהַל עַמִּים, וְזֶה אָמַר אֵלַי כְּשֶׁבֵּרְכַנִי בִּירֻשַּׁת הָאָרֶץ, כְּאָמְרוֹ לְמַעְלָה וַיְבָרֶךְ אוֹתִי, אִם כֵּן רָאוּי שֶׁאוֹתָהּ הַבְּרָכָה תָּחוּל עֲלֵיהֶם, וּלְכָךְ בֵּרַךְ אָז אֶת יוֹסֵף וְאֶת בָּנָיו.
1גם את זרעך, the ones to whom the description קהל עמים applied. (verse 4) Yaakov continued (perhaps not audibly); this is when He said to me that He blessed me, i.e. Yaakov had repeated this blessing by G’d in his conversation to Joseph without being that specific. [I had to paraphrase this to make the author intelligible. Ed.] As a result of that blessing which I received, my blessing to you now will be effective, so that by blessing his sons he also blessed Joseph at the same time.