Thematic Bible: By jacob


Thematic Bible



Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing. And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you? And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers. read more.
And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.

And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite, In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.

And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me. Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesSmiling

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went. Verse ConceptsDistressGod AnsweredGod Has Been With YouGod With Specific People

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day. Verse ConceptsClothClothing, Tearing OfBereavement, Expression OfLossSackcloth And AshesTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAction For A Long Time

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain