Genesis 45:25
23 And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
24 Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26 “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
27 However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
- KJV
- And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
- WEB
- They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
- ASV
- And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.
- DARBY
- And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.
- BLB
- And they went up out of Egypt and they came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father,
- ÅB
- Så dro de opp fra Egypt og kom til Kana'ans land, til Jakob, sin far.
- OTB
- De dro opp fra Egypt og kom til sin far Jakob i Kanaans land.
- B1930
- Så drog de op fra Egypten og kom til Kana'ans land, til Jakob, sin far.