Genesis 49:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But his bow abode in strength His faith did not fail; he kept his ground, and came off conqueror. The arms of his hands were made strong That is, his other graces did their part, his wisdom, courage, patience, which are better than weapons of war: by the hands of the mighty God Who was therefore able to strengthen him; and the God of Jacob, a God in covenant with him. From thence From this strange method of Providence, he became the shepherd and stone The feeder and supporter of Israel, Jacob, and his family. Herein Joseph was a type of Christ; who was shot at and hated, but borne up under his sufferings, and was afterward advanced to be the shepherd and stone: and of the church in general; hell shoots its arrows against her, but heaven protects and strengthens her. But perhaps by the shepherd and stone, Joshua, a descendant of Joseph, by Ephraim, may be here primarily intended. He, as a good shepherd, brought into the pastures of Canaan that flock of the Lord which Moses had indeed led forth from Egypt, but which he had left in a barren wilderness. Thus by Joshua also was Christ typified, whose name he bears, who is the foundation- stone laid in Zion, and the good shepherd, that leads his sheep into the heavenly Canaan, and gives them eternal life.