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Genesis 48:2

Genesis 48:2 is verse 2 of Genesis chapter 48, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.

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.

World English Bible

Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

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Genesis 48:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.

3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

4 and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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Hebrew words

וַיַּגֵּ֣דand someone told לְיַעֲקֹ֔בto Jacob וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said הִנֵּ֛הhere!בִּנְךָ֥son your יוֹסֵ֖ףJoseph בָּ֣אhe has come אֵלֶ֑יךָto you וַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙and he strengthened himself יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבand he sat עַלon הַמִּטָּֽהthe bed

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 3:28
But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”

1 Samuel 23:16
And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

Nehemiah 2:18
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.

Psalms 41:3
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

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