Genesis 48:21

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Summary

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Behold

Land

Genesis 12:5

Genesis 26:3

Genesis 37:1

General references

Hebrews 9:17

Bible References

Behold

Then said Joseph unto his brethren, I, am about to die, - but God will surely concern, himself for you, so will he take you up out of this land, into the land which he sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob.

I, am going the way of all the earth, - thou must be strong, therefore, and show thyself a man;

Do not ye trust in nobles, in a son of man who hath no deliverance:

Your fathers, where are they? and, the prophets, to times age-abiding, do they live?

Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration - in peace;

For, David, indeed, unto his own generation having done service, by the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was added unto fathers, and saw corruption;

For, I, already, am being poured out as a drink-offering, and, the season of my release, is at hand, -

Without father, without mother, without pedigree, having, neither beginning of days, nor of life an end, but made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest evermore.

Knowing that, speedy, is the putting off of my tent - even as, our Lord Jesus Christ also, made clear to me:

Land

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, with all the goods that they bad gathered and the souls that they had gained in Haran, - and they came forth to go towards the land of Canaan, and came in to the land of Canaan.

Sojourn in this land, that I may be with thee and bless thee, - for, to thee, and to thy seed, will I give all these lands, So will I establish the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father;

So Jacob dwelt in the land of the sojournings of his father, - in the land of Canaan.

General references

For, a covenant over dead persons, is firm, - since it is not then of force when he is living that hath covenanted.