Genesis 49:24

But his keshet (bow) remained steady, 1 and the arms of his hands remain strong, 1 from the hands of the Avir Ya'akov, 1 from there, from the Ro'eh, Even Yisroel; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

23The ba'alei khitzim (archers) provoke him, 1 and shoot at him, and hate him; 1

25And from El Avicha, who shall help thee; 1 and Shaddai, who shall make brocha over thee 1 with Birkat Shomayim above, 1 Birkat Tehom that lieth beneath, 1 Birkat Shadayim and of Rekhem. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 35:10And Elohim said unto him, Shimcha is Ya'akov; shimcha shall not be called any more Ya'akov, but Yisroel shall be shemecha; and He called shmo Yisroel.

Genesis 45:7And Elohim sent me before you to save you a she'erit (remnant) in the earth, and to save life for you by a peletah gedolah (great deliverance, escape).

Genesis 47:12And Yosef provided for aviv, and his achim, and kol bais aviv, with lechem, according to the children.

Exodus 3:6Moreover He said, I am Elohei Avicha, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov. And Moshe hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon HaElohim.

Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Tzur, His po'al is tamim; 1 for all His ways are mishpat; 1 El Emunah and without avel (iniquity), 1 tzaddik and yashar is He. 1

Joshua 1:1Now after the mot Moshe Eved Hashem it came to pass, that Hashem spoke unto Yehoshua ben Nun, mesharet Moshe, 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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