Quotes about Reunion
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
— Genesis 45:18
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
— Genesis 45:19
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
— Genesis 45:25
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
Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
— Genesis 46:29
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
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
— Genesis 47:5
“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
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
“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
— Exodus 2:20
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
— Exodus 4:18