Genesis 46:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.””
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“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I--I go down with thee to Egypt, and I--I also certainly bring thee up, and Joseph doth put his hand on thine eyes.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 46:4 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- Genesis 28:15Look, 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.”
- Genesis 48:21Then 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.
- Genesis 50:1Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
- Genesis 50:5my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
- Genesis 50:13They 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.
- Genesis 50:24Then 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.”
- Exodus 3:8I 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.
- Isaiah 43:1Now 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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