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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 45, Verse 26

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And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
King James Version
And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
American Standard Version
And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.
New English Translation
They told him,“Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
World English Bible
They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.
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And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
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And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
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And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I.
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And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
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I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
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And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
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And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
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And these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.