Quotes about Family
And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
— Genesis 45:23
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
— Genesis 45:24
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
— Genesis 45:25
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
— Genesis 45:26
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
— Genesis 45:27
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
— Genesis 45:28
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
— Genesis 46:4
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.
— Genesis 46:5
They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
— Genesis 46:6
Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
— Genesis 46:7
The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
— Genesis 46:9
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
— Genesis 46:15