Verse 26

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.

Referenced Verses

  • 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?”