Genesis 48:2

When Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph has arrived to see you,” Israel gathered strength and sat up in bed.

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And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

In Context

1It came about after these things, that one said to Joseph, “Look, your father is sick.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16Then Jonathan, Saul's son, got up and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.

Psalms 41:3Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering; 1 you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing. 1

Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

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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