Genesis 45:28
Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”
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- Gen 46:30 : 30 Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
- Luke 2:28-30 : 28 Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying, 29 “Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace. 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation
- John 16:21-22 : 21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
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- Gen 46:28-314 verses86%
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 45:25-273 verses81%
25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26They 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.
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.
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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.
- Gen 48:1-22 verses76%
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 48:8-114 verses76%
8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked,“Who are these?”
9Joseph said to his father,“They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said,“Bring them to me so I may bless them.”
10Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
11Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
- Gen 50:24-252 verses76%
24Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
25Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said,“God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
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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!
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5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”
- Gen 47:28-303 verses74%
28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.
29The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
30but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph said,“I will do as you say.”
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4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
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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?”
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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.
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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 45:3-42 verses72%
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.
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1The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.
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16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:
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8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
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15Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
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13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”
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25The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.
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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.”