Genesis 49:24

His bow sat in the strong (One), the Lord, and the bonds of his arms and his hands were unbound by the hand of the mighty (God) of Jacob; of him a shepherd went out, the stone of Israel. (But his bow stood strong, and the bonds on his arms, and on his hands, were unbound by the power of the mighty God of Jacob; yea, by his Shepherd, by the Rock of Israel.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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:)

In Context

23but his brethren wrathed (at) him, and chided him, and they had darts, and had envy to him, (or and they had arrows, and they envied him).

25(The) God of thy father shall be thine helper, and Almighty God shall bless thee, with blessings of heaven from above (or with blessings from heaven above), and with blessings of the sea lying beneath, with blessings of teats, and of the womb;

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Cross References

Genesis 35:10and (he) said, Thou shalt no more be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And (so) God called him Israel,

Genesis 45:7and God before-sent me, that ye be kept (alive) on (the) earth, and may have meats to live. (and God sent me ahead, so that ye would be kept alive on this earth, and have food to eat or and have descendants into without end.)

Genesis 47:12and he fed them, and all the house (hold) of his father, and gave meats to them all (or and gave food to all of them).

Exodus 3:6And the Lord said, I am (the) God of thy father (s), (the) God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. Moses hid his face, for he durst not look against God (or for he dared not look at God).

Deuteronomy 32:4The works of God be perfect, and all his ways be dooms (or and all his ways be just); God is faithful, and without any wickedness; he is just and rightful.

Joshua 1:1And it was done after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spake to Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, and said to him,

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 →

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