KJV King James Version
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Genesis 48:21
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
WEB World English Bible
Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
ASV American Standard Version
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Israel saith unto Joseph, ‘Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;
Surrounding context — Genesis 48
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יוֹסֵ֔ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאָנֹכִ֖יH595 · a.no.khiIמֵ֑תH4191 · mutto dieוְהָיָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodעִמָּכֶ֔םH5973 · imwithוְהֵשִׁ֣יבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶתְכֶ֔םH853 · et[Obj.]אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
Genesis 46:4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.Genesis 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Genesis 28:15And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;Hebrews 7:3Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.Hebrews 7:23-25And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.Joshua 24:1-33And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.Joshua 23:14And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.Genesis 15:14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.Psalm 146:3-4Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.Genesis 37:1And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.Joshua 1:5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.Luke 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:1 Kings 2:2-4I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;2 Timothy 4:6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.Deuteronomy 1:1-46These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
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