2When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.


In Context

1 Some time later Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.

2 When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the 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 said to me, 'I am going to make you fruitful and will increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.'

Genesis 48:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:2And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:2And it was told the old man: Behold I thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:2And one told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:2Someone told Jacob, and said, |Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,| and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:2And one declareth to Jacob, and saith, 'Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;' and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.