Genesis 48:2

וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל ־ הַמִּטָּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

1וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לְיוֹסֵף הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חֹלֶה וַיִּקַּח אֶת ־ שְׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֹ אֶת ־ מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת ־ אֶפְרָֽיִם ׃

3וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל ־ יוֹסֵף אֵל שַׁדַּי נִרְאָֽה ־ אֵלַי בְּלוּז בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתִֽי ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16וַיָּקָם יְהוֹנָתָן בֶּן ־ שָׁאוּל וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל ־ דָּוִד חֹרְשָׁה וַיְחַזֵּק אֶת ־ יָדוֹ בֵּאלֹהִֽים ׃

Psalms 41:3יְהוָה ׀ יִשְׁמְרֵהוּ וִֽיחַיֵּהוּ יאשר בָּאָרֶץ וְאַֽל ־ תִּתְּנֵהוּ בְּנֶפֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו ׃

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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