Genesis 49:24
And his bow abides in strength, || And strengthened are the arms of his hands || By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, || From where is a shepherd, a son of Israel.
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In Context
23And embitter him indeed, they have striven, || Indeed, archers hate him;
Cross References
Genesis 35:10and God says to him, “Your name [is] Jacob: your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel is your name”; and He calls his name Israel.
Genesis 45:7and God sends me before you, to place a remnant of you in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;
Genesis 47:12and Joseph nourishes his father, and his brothers, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.
Exodus 3:6He also says, “I [am] the God of your father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob”; and Moses hides his face, for he is afraid to look toward God.
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock—His work [is] perfect, || For all His ways [are] just; God of steadfastness, and without iniquity; Righteous and upright [is] He.
Joshua 1:1And it comes to pass after the death of Moses, servant of YHWH, that YHWH speaks to Joshua son of Nun, 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 →