Quotes about Family
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
— Genesis 48:22
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
— Genesis 49:1
Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
— Genesis 49:2
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
— Genesis 49:5
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
— Genesis 49:28
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
— Genesis 49:29
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
— Genesis 49:31
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
— Genesis 50:1
my 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 50:5
along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
— Genesis 50:8
So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
— Genesis 50:12
After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
— Genesis 50:14