Genesis 48:2

Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons

1 Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, “Indeed your father is sick”; and he took with him his two sons, ^aManasseh and Ephraim.

2 And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel¹ strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

3 Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God ^aAlmighty appeared to me at ^bLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will ^amake you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and ^bgive this land to your descendants after you ^cas an everlasting possession.’

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Genesis 48:2

Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed - He had been confined to his bed before, (see Genesis 47:31), and now, hearing that Joseph was come to see him, he made what efforts his little remaining strength would admit, to sit up in bed to receive his son. This verse proves that a bed, not a staff, is intended in the preceding chapter, Genesis 47:31.

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Genesis 47:31
Hebrews 11:21

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