Genesis 49:24
But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of thy father;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
23Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.
Cross References
Genesis 35:10And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.
Genesis 45:7For God sent me before you, that there might be left to you a remnant upon the earth, even to nourish a great remnant of you.
Genesis 47:12And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.
Exodus 3:6And he said, + 3:6 Mat. 22. 32. I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at God.
Deuteronomy 32:4As for God, his works are true, and all his ways are + 32:4 Gr. judgments.judgment: God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; just and holy is the Lord.
Joshua 1:1And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying,
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 →