Genesis 48:21

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

KJV

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

WEB

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

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

LSV

And Israel says to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, and God has been with you, and has brought you back to the land of your fathers;

YLT

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;

DBY

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.Elohim

DRC

And he said to Joseph his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.

GNV

Then Israel said vnto Ioseph, Behold, I die, and God shall be with you, and bring you againe vnto the land of your fathers.

JPS

And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you back unto the land of your fathers.

LXXE

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף הִנֵּ֥ה אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ֑ת וְהָיָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְהֵשִׁ֣יב אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰσραὴλ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποθνήσκω· καὶ ἔσται ὁ Θεὸς μεθʼ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀποστρέψει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 46:4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
• 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.”
• Genesis 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
• 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.”
• Hebrews 7:23–25Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office. But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood. Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near…
• Hebrews 7:3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
• Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
• Joshua 23:14Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one…
• Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
• Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
• Zechariah 1:5–6Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of…
• Psalms 146:3–4Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
• Genesis 12:5And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
• Joshua 24:1–33Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the…
• Psalms 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
• Genesis 37:1Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.

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