Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 49: 22-24
MEDITATION
Genesis 49:22-24
22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.
23 The archers have bitterly grieved him,
Shot at him and hated him.
24 But his bow remained in strength,
And the arms of his hands were made strong
By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob
(From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel)
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Jacob now turned his attention to Joseph, his favourite son.
2. Description of Joseph
a. He is fruitful.
b. He is well-watered because of a well that was close by.
c. Like a good tree, its boughs would run over the wall.
i. Walls were erected to protect the trees.
ii. But Joseph’s bough would be so strong it would go beyond the walls.
3. Remembering a sad past
a. He had enemies (archers) who shot at him.
b. This was a reference to the brothers of Joseph (minus Benjamin).
4. The God of Jacob
a. God is described as “mighty”.
b. He was made strong by God Himself.
c. God is also described as a Shepherd.
d. He is further described as the Stone of Israel.
i. Jacob remembered erecting a stone altar to worship God (Genesis 28).
ii. The idea of a “Stone” may be understood as a “Rock”.
e. Jacob was grateful to the LORD for His keeping of Joseph.
经文：创世记 49：22-24
沉思
《创世记 49：22-24》
22约瑟是多结果子的树枝，是泉旁多结果的枝子，他的枝条探出墙外。
23弓箭手将他苦害，向他射箭，逼迫他。24但他的弓仍旧坚硬，他的手健壮敏捷，这是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石，就是雅各的大能者。