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Genesis 45:26

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They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them.

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Genesis 45:26 in other translations

And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.

Genesis 45:26 · American Standard Version

Genesis 45:26 in context

  1. 24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
  2. 25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
  3. 26They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them.
  4. 27They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.
  5. 28Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”