Genesis 49:24
His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
23But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.
Cross References
Genesis 35:10saying: “You will no longer be called Jacob, for your name shall be Israel.” And he called him Israel,
Genesis 45:7And God sent me ahead, so that you may be preserved upon the earth, and so that you would be able to have food in order to live.
Genesis 47:12And he fed them, along with all his father’s house, providing portions of food to each one.
Exodus 3:6And he said, “I am the God of your father: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face, for he dared not look directly at God.
Deuteronomy 32:4The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments. God is faithful and without any iniquity. He is just and upright.
Joshua 1:1And after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it happened that the Lord spoke to Joshua, the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and he said to him:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:23-28
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings… Read the whole commentary →