Genesis 45:26
and they declare to him, saying, “Joseph [is] yet alive,” and that he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceases, for he has not given credence to them.
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In Context
25And they go up out of Egypt, and come to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob,
Cross References
Genesis 37:35and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuses to comfort himself, and says, “For I go down to my son mourning, to Sheol,” and his father weeps for him.
Genesis 42:36and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against me.”
Genesis 44:28and one goes out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn—torn! And I have not seen him since;
Genesis 48:11and Israel says to Joseph, “I had not thought [possible] to see your face, and behold, God has also showed me your seed.”
Job 29:24I laugh at them—they give no credence, || And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
Psalms 126:1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. In YHWH’s turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, || We have been as dreamers.
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 →