...a well, whose branches run over the wall, 'the arclrers have sorely »rieved him, and shot at him, and hated him, but his bow abode in strength, and...hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, (from thence is the shepherd the stoue of Israel,) even by the God of thy father who...

...dying Israel said, "The archers have sorely grieved him, arid shot at him, and hated him : but kis bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob," Gen. xlix. 23, 24. And, on a former occasion, the patriarch had told Joseph, that one...

...by a well, whose branches run over the wall : the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and...hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." Let us compare this with the close of the blessing of Moses on the tribe of Joseph....

...been ' persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down but not destroyed.' Hostility had been most fierce ; ' But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." At the time his enemies thought his destruction sure, like the phoanix he arose to new...

...course, and to put his enemies to flight. Often does he realise the blessing of Israel to Joseph: " His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob ; even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee.'^ He remembers the divine declaration,...

...hated him; but his bow abode in 1 Bishop Patrick, notes to Mant's Bible, Gen. xxi. 20. 2 2 Sam. i. 18. strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." 1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag " were armed with bows, and could use the...

...abode in 1 Bishop Patrick, notes to Mant's Bible, Gen. xxi. 20. 2 2 Sam. i. 18. strength, and the arras of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob."1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag " were armed with bows, and could use the...

...This is clearly represented by Joseph ; for of him it is said, Gen. xlviii. 24, "His bow (or stick) 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 ;") meaning Christ, the shepherd spoken...

...wall : 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : But his bow abode 24 m 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,...

...by a well, whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him ; but his bow abode in strength, and...hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob ; even by the God of thy father who shall help thee ; and by the Almighty, who shall bless...