KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 48:1–2
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Genesis 48:1
1AND it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
1¶ And it came to passe after these things, that one told Ioseph, Behold, thy father is sicke: and he tooke with him his two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:2
2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
2And one told Iacob, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto thee: and Israel strengthened himselfe, and sate vpon the bed.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 48:1
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Affected with disease or bodily weakness; also distressed, disgusted, or weary, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 48:2
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
strengthened
Made strong or stronger; confirmed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Rested or was placed in a seated position.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A place for rest or sleep; also the marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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Open the full verse study20¶ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
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Open the full verse study23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
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Open the full verse study6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
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Open the full verse study3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
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Open the full verse study16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
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Open the full verse study16¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
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Open the full verse study28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
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Open the full verse study10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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Open the full verse study15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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Open the full verse study3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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Open the full verse study18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
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