THEOSISGenesis 48:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he said to Joseph, his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף הִנֵּ֥ה אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ֑ת וְהָיָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְהֵשִׁ֣יב אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 50:24And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my bones with you out of this place:
- Gen 46:4I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.
- Gen 26:3And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.
- Gen 28:15And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said.
- Heb 7:23And the others indeed were made many priests, because by reason of death they were not suffered to continue:
- Heb 7:25Whereby he is able also to save for ever them that come to God by him; always living to make intercession for us.
- Heb 7:3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.
- 2 Tim 4:6For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.