Genesis 49:25

It 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.

Anindilyakwa (portions)

In The King James Version

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 of the breasts, and of the womb:

In Context

24They 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.

26He gives you plenty of different kinds of food to eat and beautiful flowers to look at. He gives you good things from the mountains. I am asking God to give all these good things to you, my son. You are the one he has chosen and he has made you different from your brothers.”

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh came and appeared to him and said, “I am the most powerful God, and you must always obey me. You must always do what is right.

Genesis 28:13Yahweh was standing beside Jacob, and he said to him, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and to your descendants this land that you are lying on.

Genesis 35:3We are going to leave here and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there for God. He is the one who helped me when I was in trouble. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”

Genesis 43:23But he said to them, “Never mind, don't be afraid. God must have put that money there for you, the God you and your father worship. Yes, I took that money the other time for the food.” Then he went to the jail and he took Simeon out and brought him to his brothers.

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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