Genesis 48:3

Jacob [Supplanter] said to Joseph [May he add], “ El Shaddai [God Almighty] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan [Humbled], and blessed me,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Someone told Jacob [Supplanter], and said, “Behold, your son Joseph [May he add] comes to you,” and Israel [God prevails] strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

4and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ + 48:4. Quoted in Acts 7:5

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Cross References

Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. (7)

Genesis 28:12He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending + 28:12. Quoted in John 1:51 on it.

Genesis 28:19He called the name of that place Beth-el [House of God], but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Genesis 35:9God appeared to Jacob [Supplanter] again, when he came from Paddan Aram [Elevated], and blessed him.

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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