KJV King James Version
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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Genesis 48:3
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
WEB World English Bible
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob saith unto Joseph, ‘God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,
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.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיַעֲקֹב֙H3290 · ya.a.qovJacobאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יוֹסֵ֔ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephאֵ֥לH410 · elGodשַׁדַּ֛יH7706 · shad.dayAlmightyנִרְאָֽה־H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֵלַ֥יH413 · elto(wards)בְּל֖וּזH3870 · luzLuzבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנָ֑עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanוַיְבָ֖רֶךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֹתִֽי׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Genesis 35:9-12And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.Genesis 28:3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.Exodus 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;Judges 1:23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)Genesis 28:12-19And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.Genesis 35:6-7So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.Hosea 12:4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;
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