Genesis 48:3

3 Jacob said to Joseph, "The Mighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me there.

Genesis 48:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 48:3

And Jacob said unto Joseph
Being come into his bedchamber, and sitting by him, or standing before him: God Almighty appeared unto at Luz in the land of Canaan;
the same with Bethel, where God appeared, both at his going to Padanaram, and at his return from thence, ( Genesis 28:11-19 ) ( 35:6-12 ) ; which of those times is here referred to is not certain; very likely he refers to them both, since the same promises were made to him at both times, as after mentioned: and blessed me;
promised he would bless him, both with temporal and spiritual blessings, as he did as follows.

Genesis 48:3 In-Context

1 Some time later Joseph was told, "Your father is sick." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.

2 Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you." So Israel became stronger and sat up in bed.

3 Jacob said to Joseph, "The Mighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me there.

4 He said to me, 'I am going to give you children. I will increase your numbers. I will make you a community of nations. And I will give this land to your children after you. It will belong to them forever.'

5 "Now then, two sons were born to you in Egypt. It happened before I came to you here. They will be counted as my own sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will belong to me, in the same way that Reuben and Simeon belong to me.