Genesis 48:2

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

1Now after these things, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 41:3The Lord will sustain them on bed of languishing; tending their sickness, as long as they lie.

Ephesians 6:10For the future, find strength in your union with the Lord, and in the power which comes from 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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