Genesis 45:26

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They told him, 'Joseph is still alive! He is even ruling over all the land of Egypt!' But Jacob was stunned and did not believe them.

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  • Gen 44:28 : 28 'One of them went away from me, and I said, "Surely he has been torn to pieces," and I have not seen him since.'
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "I will go down to Sheol mourning my son." And his father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 But Jacob said, 'My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.'
  • Gen 45:8-9 : 8 So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’
  • Job 9:16 : 16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
  • Job 29:24 : 24 When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it; and the light of my face brought them no discouragement.
  • Ps 105:21 : 21 He made him lord of his household and ruler of all his possessions.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream.
  • Jonah 2:7 : 7 To the roots of the mountains, I descended. The earth beneath barred me in forever, but You brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
  • Luke 24:11 : 11 But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
  • Luke 24:34 : 34 They were saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon."
  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

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  • Gen 45:27-28
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    27But when they reported all the words Joseph had spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

    28Then Israel said, 'I am convinced! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.'

  • Gen 45:25
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 45:1-4
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    1Joseph could no longer hold back his emotions in front of everyone standing near him, so he called out, 'Have everyone leave my presence!' No one remained with him when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.

    2Joseph wept so loudly as he raised his voice in crying that the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh’s household also heard about it.

    3Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?' But his brothers could not answer him because they were so shocked and dismayed by his presence.

    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 48:1-2
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    1After these events, someone told Joseph, 'Your father is ill.' So Joseph took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, with him.

    2When Jacob was told, 'Your son Joseph is coming to you,' Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

  • Gen 46:28-31
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    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

    29Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

    30Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Now I am ready to die, since I have seen your face and know you are still alive.'

    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

  • Gen 43:27
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    27He greeted them and asked, "How is your father, the old man you told me about? Is he still alive?"

  • Gen 45:9
    73%

    9Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’

  • Gen 50:22
    72%

    22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with his father's family. He lived to be 110 years old.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 42:35-36
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    35As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.

    36Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'

  • Gen 50:14
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    14After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all those who had gone up with him to bury his father.

  • Gen 42:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, 'Why are you standing around looking at each other?'

    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

  • Gen 47:28
    71%

    28Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, and the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven in total.

  • Gen 50:16
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    16So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, 'Before he died, your father gave this command:

  • Gen 45:17
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • Gen 48:21
    70%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.'