Genesis 45:26
And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.
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25So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.
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Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.
Genesis 42:36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
Genesis 44:28The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,
Genesis 48:11And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
Job 29:24I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
Psalms 126:1A Song of the going up. When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:26-28
The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1707.) 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I… Read the whole commentary →