Genesis 48:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then this message was declared vnto Iacob: beholde, thy sonne Ioseph cometh vnto thee. And Israel toke his strength vnto hym, and sate vpon the bedde.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 3:28 : 28 But charge Iosuah, and encourage hym, and bolden hym: For he shall go before this people, and he shall deuide vnto the the lande which thou shalt see.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted his hande in God,
  • Neh 2:18 : 18 Then I tolde them of the hand of my God that it was gratious ouer me, and the kinges wordes that he had spoken vnto me: And they sayde, Let vs get vp and buylde. And they strengthed their handes to good.
  • Ps 41:3 : 3 God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed: thou O God wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce:
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might.

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  • 1 After these deedes, one tolde Ioseph: beholde, thy father is sicke. And he toke with hym his two sonnes, Manasses and Ephraim.

  • 21 And Israel said vnto Ioseph: behold I dye, & God shalbe with you, & bryng you againe vnto ye land of your fathers.

  • Gen 45:25-28
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    25 They departed therfore from Egypt, and came into the lande of Chanaan, vnto Iacob theyr father.

    26 And tolde him, saying: Ioseph is yet aliue, and is gouernour ouer al the land of Egypt. And Iacobs heart wauered, for he beleued them not.

    27 And they tolde hym all the wordes of Ioseph, whiche he had said vnto them: And when he sawe the charets whiche Ioseph had sent to cary him, the spirite of Iacob their father reuiued.

    28 And Israel saide: I haue inough, that Ioseph my sonne is yet alyue: I will go, and see him, yer that I dye.

  • Gen 48:8-13
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    8 And Israel beheld Iosephes sonnes, and sayde: What are these?

    9 Ioseph sayde vnto his father: They are my sonnes whiche God hath geuen me here. And he sayde: Oh bring them to me, and let me blesse them.

    10 (And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age, so that he coulde not well see) And he brought them to hym, and he kyssed them, and imbraced them.

    11 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: and yet loe, God hath shewed me also thy seede.

    12 And Ioseph toke them away fro his lappe, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the earth.

    13 Then toke Ioseph them both, Ephraim with his ryght hande towarde Israels left hande, and Manasses with his left hande towarde Israels ryght hande, and brought them vnto hym.

  • 7 And Ioseph brought in Iacob his father, and set hym before Pharao: and Iacob blessed Pharao.

  • Gen 46:28-31
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    28 And he sent Iuda before hym vnto Ioseph, to direct his face vnto Gosen, and they came into the lande of Gosen.

    29 And Ioseph made redy his charet, and went vp to meete Israel his father vnto Gosen, and presented him self vnto him, and he fell on his necke, and wept on his necke a good whyle.

    30 And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: nowe am I content to dye, insomuche as I haue seene thy face, and because thou art yet aliue.

    31 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, and vnto his fathers house: I wyll go vp, and shewe Pharao, and tell him: my brethren, and my fathers house, whiche were in the lande of Chanaan, are come vnto me.

  • 3 And Iacob sayd vnto Ioseph: God almyghtie appeared vnto me at Luz in the lande of Chanaan, and blessed me, and sayde vnto me:

  • 1 And Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face, and wept vpon him, and kyssed hym.

  • Gen 49:1-2
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    1 And Iacob called for his sonnes, and sayde: Come together, that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes.

    2 Gather ye together, & heare ye sonnes of Iacob, hearken vnto Israel your father.

  • Gen 47:29-31
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    29 When the tyme drewe nye that Israel must dye, he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him: If I haue founde grace in thy syght, oh put thy hande vnder my thygh, and deale mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt.

    30 But I shall sleepe with my fathers, and thou shalt cary me out of Egypt, & bury me in their buryall. And he aunswered: I wyll do as thou hast sayde.

    31 And he sayde: Sweare vnto me. And he sware vnto him. And Israel worshipped towarde the beddes head.

  • 15 And he blessed Ioseph, and sayde: God in whose syght my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day,

  • 9 Haste you, and go vp to my father, and tell him: thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt, come downe therfore vnto me, tary not.

  • 33 And when Iacob had made an ende of commaundyng all that he would vnto his sonnes, he plucked vp his feete vnto the bedde, and dyed: and was put vnto his people.

  • 5 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father & thy brethre are come vnto thee.

  • 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshypped towarde the toppe of his scepter.