Genesis 45:28
And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.
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- Gen 46:30 : 30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
- Luke 2:28-30 : 28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said, 29 Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said; 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
- John 16:21-22 : 21 When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world. 22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.
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- Gen 46:28-314 verses86%
28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.
29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;
- Gen 45:25-273 verses81%
25 So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.
26 And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.
27 And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him:
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21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.
- Gen 48:1-22 verses76%
1 Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.
- Gen 48:8-114 verses76%
8 Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?
9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.
10 Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
- Gen 50:24-252 verses76%
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
25 Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.
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9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:
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5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.
- Gen 47:28-303 verses74%
28 And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.
29 And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
30 But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.
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4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.
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27 And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
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14 And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.
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17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;
- Gen 45:3-42 verses72%
3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.
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1 And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.
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16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,
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8 Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
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15 And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,
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13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.
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25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
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2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.