Genesis 49:24

But his bow remains ever bent, his forearms tireless, through the power of the Mighty One of Jacob, In the name of the Shepherd of Israel,

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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

23They bitterly attack, they shoot at him. The archers hatefully assail him,

25the God of your fathers, who will help you, and God Almighty, who blesses you, with blessings of heaven above, and of the great deep that lies beneath. With blessings of the breast and womb,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:10God said to him, “Now your name is Jacob: but your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel.” So he called his name Israel.

Genesis 45:7God sent me before you to keep you alive through a great deliverance and give you descendants on the earth.

Genesis 47:12Joseph also provided food for his father and his brothers and all his father’s household according to the number of their little children.

Joshua 1:1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses,

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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