Genesis 48:2

And one told Jacob, and said—Lo! thy son Joseph, coming in unto thee. So Israel strengthened himself, and sat up on the couch.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Lo! thy father, is sick. So he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

3Then said Jacob unto Joseph, GOD Almighty, appeared unto me in Luz in the land of Canaan,—and blessed me;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16So Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went unto David in the thicket,—and strengthened his hand in God;

Psalms 41:3Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.

Ephesians 6:10For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp 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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