Genesis 48:3

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

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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

In Context

2When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Jacob rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.

4and said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful, and numerous, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’

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Cross References

Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and will make nations of you, and kings will spring from you.

Genesis 28:12Then he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and the messengers of God were going up and down on it.

Genesis 28:19He named that place Bethel. (The earlier name of the town was Luz.)

Genesis 35:9God appeared again to Jacob when he came from Paddanaram, and blessed him.

Revelation 21:11Its brilliance was like a precious stone, like a jasper, transparent as crystal.

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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