Quotes about Hope
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
— Genesis 35:17
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
— Genesis 37:35
But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
— Genesis 40:14
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
— Genesis 40:23
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
— Genesis 42:2
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
— Genesis 42:36
May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
— Genesis 43:14
When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
— Genesis 44:28
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
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
— Genesis 46:30
“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
— Genesis 48:11