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

And Joseph said to his brothers, "I [am about] to die, but God will certainly visit you and bring you up from this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

"I [am about to] go the way of all the world. Be strong and be {courageous}.

Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.

"Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

"Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word.

For David, [after] serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and {was buried with} his fathers, and experienced decay.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is imminent.

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God--he remains a priest for all time.

[because I] know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

Land

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot {his nephew}, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and all the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to the land of Canaan.

Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham you father.

And Jacob settled in the land of the sojourning of his father, in the land of Canaan.

General references

For a will [is] in force concerning those who are dead, since [it is] never in force when the one who made the will is alive.