Genesis 46:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 “Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace. 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation
  • Gen 45:28 : 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 45:26-28
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    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.

    28Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

  • 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.

  • Gen 48:8-12
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    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.”

    12So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 46:28-29
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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.

  • Gen 47:29-30
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    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.”

  • Gen 50:24-26
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    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.”

    26So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Gen 50:1
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    1The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.

  • Gen 46:31
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    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 50:4-5
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    4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court,“If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,

    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 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 45:3-4
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    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 46:4
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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.”

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

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

  • Gen 48:15
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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,

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

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    30So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

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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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    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 44:21
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    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’