Genesis 48:2

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied 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

1Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

Psalms 41:3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brothers, be 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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