Genesis 48:2

World English Bible (2000)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 3:28 : 28 But commission 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 you shall see."
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
  • Neh 2:18 : 18 I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, "Let's rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
  • Ps 41:3 : 3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 48:1
    83%

    1 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 48:21
    77%

    21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 45:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

    26 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.

    27 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.

    28 Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

  • Gen 48:8-13
    6 verses
    76%

    8 Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"

    9 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."

    10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

    11 Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also."

    12 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

    13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.

  • Gen 47:7
    76%

    7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 46:28-31
    4 verses
    76%

    28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

    29 Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

    30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."

    31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 48:3
    75%

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

  • Gen 50:1
    74%

    1 Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 49:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

    2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

  • Gen 47:29-31
    3 verses
    74%

    29 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,

    30 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I will do as you have said."

    31 He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Israel bowed himself on the bed's head.

  • Gen 48:15
    74%

    15 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

  • Gen 45:9
    73%

    9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

  • Gen 49:33
    73%

    33 When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.

  • Gen 47:5
    72%

    5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Heb 11:21
    72%

    21 By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.