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Genesis 46:4

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2 And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.

3 “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

5 Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

6 They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

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BSB
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
KJV
I 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.
WEB
I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
ASV
I 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.
DARBY
I will go down with thee to Egypt, and I will also certainly bring thee up; and Joseph shall put his hand on thine eyes.
BLB
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up, and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”
ÅB
Jeg skal selv dra med deg ned til Egypt, jeg skal også føre deg opp igjen; og Josef skal lukke dine øyne.
OTB
Jeg vil dra ned til Egypt med deg, og jeg vil visselig føre deg tilbake igjen. Og Josef selv skal lukke dine øyne."
B1930
Jeg skal selv dra ned med dig til Egypten, jeg skal visselig også føre dig op igjen; og Josef skal lukke dine øine.

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  • Exodus 3:8

    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Genesis 28:15

    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

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  • Genesis 48:21

    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.

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  • Genesis 50:1

    Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

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  • Genesis 15:14–16

    But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

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  • Genesis 50:13

    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

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  • Genesis 50:24–25

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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  • Isaiah 43:1–2

    Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

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