Genesis 48:2

And it was said to the eld man, Lo! thy son Joseph cometh to thee; which was comforted (or who was strengthened), and sat up in the bed.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 so when these things were done, it was told to Joseph, that his father was sick. And he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and he disposed him to go. (And so after that these things were done, it was told to Joseph, that his father was sick. And he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and he went to him.)

3And when Joseph entered to him, he said, Almighty God appeared to me in Luz (or Almighty God appeared to me at Luz), which is in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan, the son of Saul, rose up, and went to David into the wood, and comforted his hands in God. (And Saul’s son Jonathan rose up, and went to David in the forest, and strengthened his hand in God or and encouraged him in the name of God.)

Psalms 41:3The Lord (shall) bear help to him on the bed of his sorrow; thou hast oft turned all his bedstraw in his sickness.

Ephesians 6:10Here afterward, brethren, be ye comforted in the Lord, and in the might of his virtue. (Here afterward or Henceforth, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power 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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