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Genesis 46:4

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2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

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.

5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

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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

    And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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  • Genesis 28:15

    And, 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.

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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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  • Genesis 50:1

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

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  • Genesis 15:14–16

    And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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  • Genesis 50:13

    For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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  • Genesis 50:24–25

    And 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.

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  • Isaiah 43:1–2

    But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

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