They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But he was stunned, for he did not believe them.

Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces,” and I have not seen him since.

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”

But Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

He made him lord of his house
And ruler over all his possessions,

A Song of Ascents.
When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion,
We were like those who dream.

“While I was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.

But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

saying, “The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon.”

While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, Have you anything here to eat?”

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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.

Joseph

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Joseph

saying, “The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon.”

And he is

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
He made him lord of his house
And ruler over all his possessions,

And jacob's

Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”
and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces,” and I have not seen him since.
“While I was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.

He believed

“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.
A Song of Ascents.
When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion,
We were like those who dream.
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.

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