Genesis 49:24

They ran after you with their spears, but your hands didn't shake, so you were stronger than they were. You were strong because my God helped you to fight. My God is very powerful, and he has made me strong, and he has looked after me.

Anindilyakwa (portions)

In The King James Version

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:)

In Context

23Your enemies hated you, and kept coming to fight you with spears.

25It is my God who helps you to fight. It is my God who is very powerful and he is blessing you. He gives you rain from above and water from under the ground. He gives you many cattle and children.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:10He said, “Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel.” He gave Jacob this new name

Genesis 45:7“God sent me ahead to help you so that you and your children would not starve and so that your descendants will keep on living after you die.

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 →

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