Genesis 45:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They told him,“Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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  • Gen 44:28 : 28 The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.
  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
  • Gen 45:8-9 : 8 So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!
  • Job 9:16 : 16 If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice–
  • Job 29:24 : 24 If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
  • Ps 105:21 : 21 He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property,
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.
  • Jonah 2:7 : 7 When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
  • Luke 24:11 : 11 But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
  • Luke 24:34 : 34 and saying,“The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!”
  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still could not believe it(because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:27-28
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    27But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

    28Then Israel said,“Enough! 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 their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 45:1-4
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    1The Reconciliation of the Brothers Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out,“Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

    2He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”

    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 48:1-2
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    1Manasseh and Ephraim After these things Joseph was told,“Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

    2When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

  • Gen 46:28-31
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    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

    29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

    30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 43:27
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    27He asked them how they were doing. Then he said,“Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

  • Gen 45:9
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    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

  • Gen 50:22
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    22Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.

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

  • Gen 42:35-36
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    35When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

    36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! 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 he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.

  • Gen 42:1-2
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    1Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”

    2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

  • Gen 47:28
    71%

    28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

  • Gen 50:16
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    16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

  • Gen 45:17
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

  • Gen 47:5
    70%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 48:21
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    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.