Genesis 45:26

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Summary

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

Luke 24:34

And he is

Genesis 45:8

Psalm 105:21

And jacob's

He believed

Bible References

Joseph

saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"

And he is

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

he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,

And jacob's

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.

And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me."

One left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since.

When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.

He believed

If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

When the LORDrestored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.