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Someone toldוַיַּגֵּדJacobלְיַעֲקֹבand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהyour sonבִּנְךָJosephיוֹסֵףhas comeבָּאto you.”אֵלֶיךָIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלgathered his strengthוַיִּתְחַזֵּקand sat upוַיֵּשֶׁבonעַלthe bed.הַמִּטָּה
Genesis 48:2
Study it in the app“Someone told Jacob and said, “Look, your son Joseph has come to you.” Israel gathered his strength and sat up on the bed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 48:2, word by word
- Someone toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- gathered his strengthיִּתְחַזֵּקyitchazek
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “yitchazek” appears- and sat upיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appears- the bedמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears
The context
1After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Look, your father is ill.” So he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 · This verse (above)
3Jacob said to Joseph, “El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
To study Genesis 48 in a group
1. What it says
Whom did Jacob bless, and what did he do with his hands (vv. 13-20)?
2. What it means
Why was Joseph displeased when he saw Jacob’s hands, and how did his father answer (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
How can you bless with your words the children or young people around you?