Genesis 48:2

And [one] declares [it] to Jacob and says, “Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthens himself, and sits on the 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

1And it comes to pass, after these things, that [one] says to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick”; and he takes his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

3And Jacob says to Joseph, “God Almighty has appeared to me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesses me,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan son of Saul rises, and goes to David [in the] forest, and strengthens his hand in God,

Psalms 41:3YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, || You have turned his bed in his weakness.

Ephesians 6:10As to the rest, my brothers, be strong in the LORD, and in the power of His might;

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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