Genesis 49:24

But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, 1 And the sinews of their arms were slackened 1 By the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; 1 Thence is he that strengthened Israel 1 From the God of thy father; 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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:)

In Context

23Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, 1 And the archers pressed hard upon him. 1

25And my God helped thee, 1 And he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, 1 And the blessing of the earth possessing all things, 1 Because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb, 1

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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, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, 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, 1 And all his ways are judgment: 1 God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; 1 Just and holy is the Lord. 1

Joshua 1:1And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, 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 →

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