Genesis 49:24
But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands,—From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
23So they attack him and have shot,—So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows.
Cross References
Genesis 35:10And God said to him, Thy name, is Jacob,—Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob But, Israel, shall be thy name. So he called his name, Israel.
Genesis 45:7So then God sent me before you, to plant for you a remainder in the earth,—and to save you alive, by a great deliverance,
Genesis 47:12And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his father’s house,—with bread, according to the need of their little ones.
Exodus 3:6And he said—I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Deuteronomy 32:4A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!
Joshua 1:1And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,—that Yahweh spake unto Joshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, saying:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:23-28
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings… Read the whole commentary →