Genesis 45:26
And they told him, saying: Joseph thy son is living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep, yet did not believe them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Chanaan to their father Jacob.
Cross References
Genesis 37:35And alibis children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,
Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.
Genesis 44:28One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him: and hitherto he appeareth not.
Genesis 48:11And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.
Job 29:24If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.
Psalms 126:1They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth
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 →