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.


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, after these things, that one saith to Joseph, 'Lo, thy father is sick;' and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

3 And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

4 and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

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 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 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.