“And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.”
When Jacob was told that Joseph had come, Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed. The final exertion of failing strength for the covenant act — sitting up to bless — is Jacob's declaration that the blessing matters more than rest. The application: the energy reserved for what is most important, given when the body is failing, is the energy of a person who knows what cannot be deferred.
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