Genesis 48:3

And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luza, in the land of Chanaan, and blessed me,

LXX2012 (US English)

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

2And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed.

4and said to me, Behold, I will increase you, and multiply you, and will make of you multitudes of nations; and I will give this land to you, and to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:6And I will increase you very exceedingly, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

Genesis 28:12and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.

Genesis 35:9And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.

Judges 1:23And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

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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