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Gen 45:26 — And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Joseph		Luk 24:34
and he is		Gen 45:8,9; Psa 105:21
And Jacob's		Heb. And his. Gen 37:35; Gen 42:36,38; Gen 44:28; Jon 2:7
he believed		Job 9:16; Job 29:24; Psa 126:1; Luk 24:11,41

Correlating Passages

Joseph

Luk 24:34

Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

and he is

	Gen 45:8	So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
	Gen 45:9	Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
	Psa 105:21	He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

And Jacob's

	Gen 37:35	And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
	Gen 42:36	And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
	Gen 42:38	And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
	Gen 44:28	And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
	Jon 2:7	When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

he believed

	Job 9:16	If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
	Job 29:24	[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
	Psa 126:1	[[A Song of degrees.]] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
	Luk 24:11	And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
	Luk 24:41	And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 45:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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