Genesis 49:24

Strength and help in weakness God's power and sovereignty

²² Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

²³ The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

²⁵ Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

²⁶ The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
KJV: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
WEB: But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
ASV: But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
DARBY: But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:
BLB: And his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; from there [is] the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel.

ÅB: Men fast står han der med sin bue, og hans hender og armer er raske - ved Jakobs Veldiges hender, fra ham, fra hyrden, Israels klippe,
OTB: Men hans bue forble fast, og hans armer var smidige, ved Jakobs Mektiges hender, ved Hyrden, Israels Klippe,
B1930: Men fast står han der med sin bue, og hans hender og armer er raske - ved Jakobs Veldiges hender, fra ham, fra hyrden, Israels klippe,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

Psalms 132:2
How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
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Psalms 132:5
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
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Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
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Psalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
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Job 29:20
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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2 Timothy 4:17
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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Psalms 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
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Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
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