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


In Context

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.

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

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

4 and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:2When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," Israel rallied his strength and sat up on 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 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.