Genesis 48:2

When someone told Jacob, “Look, your son Joseph has come to see you!” Jacob sat up on the bed, even though it was difficult for him to do that.

Translation for Translators

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

1Some time later, someone told Joseph, “ Hey, your father is ill.” When Joseph heard that, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to see his father.

3He said to Joseph, “When I was at Luz in Canaan, God Almighty appeared to me. He blessed me

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16But Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him to continue to trust God.

Psalms 41:3When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.

Ephesians 6:10Finally, at all times rely/depend completely on the Lord Jesus to strengthen you spiritually by his own mighty power.

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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