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Genesis 45:26

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They said, ‘Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt! ’ Jacob was stunned,  for he did not believe them.

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One is gone from me #– #I said he must have been torn to pieces #– #and I have never seen him again.


All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.


But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, ‘Do you have anything here to eat? ’


who said, ‘The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon! ’


But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe  the women.


As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.


If I smiled at them, they couldn’t believe it; they were thrilled at   the light of my countenance.


If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.


But Jacob answered, ‘My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left.  If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’


Their father Jacob said to them, ‘It’s me that you make childless. Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me! ’


So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.


So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.


When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them:


Israel said to Joseph, ‘I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.’





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