Genesis 48:2

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” he gathered his strength and sat up in bed.

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In The King James Version

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

In Context

1Sometime after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So Joseph went to see him, taking with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in Canaan, and he blessed me there.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16Saul's son Jonathan went to see David in Horesh and encouraged him to go on trusting in God, telling him,

Psalms 41:3The Lord looks after them when they're sick; he makes them well from their illness.

Ephesians 6:10Lastly, stay strong in the Lord, and in his mighty power.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 48:2-8

Jacob's Last Illness. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a… Read the whole commentary →

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