Quotes about Promise
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
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
— Genesis 47:28
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
— Genesis 47:29
but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
— Genesis 47:30
“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
— Genesis 47:31
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
— Genesis 48:4
Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
— Genesis 48:9
“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
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
— Genesis 48:19
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
— Genesis 48:21
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
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
— Genesis 49:10