KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 48:2
And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
WEB World English Bible
Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
ASV American Standard Version
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And one declareth to Jacob, and saith, ‘Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;’ and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed.
Surrounding context — Genesis 48
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 multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּגֵּ֣דH5046 · na.gadto tellלְיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֛הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבִּנְךָ֥H1121 · benson: childיוֹסֵ֖ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלֶ֑יךָH413 · elto(wards)וַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙H2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellעַל־H5921 · aluponהַמִּטָּֽה׃H4296 · mit.tahbed
Cross-references
Psalm 41:3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.Deuteronomy 3:28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.Proverbs 23:15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Nehemiah 2:18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for [this] good [work].
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