Talált 23719 Eredmények: Re
Our lives are in thy hand, they said; as long as we enjoy my lord’s favour, we will gladly be the king’s servants. (Genesis 47, 25)
All over Egypt, from that day to this, the payment of the fifth is a custom which has the force of law, except in the priests’ lands, which are bound by no such conditions. (Genesis 47, 26)
Thus Israel began to find a home in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, took possession of it, and flourished, and grew great. (Genesis 47, 27)
Jacob himself lived on seventeen years there, so that he reached altogether the age of a hundred and forty-seven. (Genesis 47, 28)
And when he saw the day of his death approaching, he sent for his son Joseph; Do me this favour, he said, put thy hand under my thigh, and swear, in love and loyalty, that thou wilt not bury me here in Egypt. (Genesis 47, 29)
I would sleep where my fathers sleep; take me far away from this land and bury me in the burial-place of my kindred. I will do thy bidding, answered Joseph; (Genesis 47, 30)
When the old man heard that Joseph had come to see him, he found strength to sit up in bed, (Genesis 48, 2)
and greeted him thus, The almighty God revealed himself to me at Luza in Chanaan, and gave me his blessing there. (Genesis 48, 3)
I will make thy posterity increase and multiply, he said, so that a host of nations shall spring from thee; and I will give this land to thee and to thy race after thee, to be their possession eternally. (Genesis 48, 4)
Thy two sons were born to thee in Egypt, before my coming, but they shall be counted as sons of mine; Ephraim and Manasses shall take rank with Ruben and Simeon. (Genesis 48, 5)
Whatever children thou shalt beget after this shall be thine, not mine, and they shall hold whatever possession they hold under the title of these brothers of theirs. (Genesis 48, 6)
It was when I was on my way back from Mesopotamia that I lost Rachel, there in Chanaan, while we were on our journey, in spring time,✻ and when I reached Ephrata I buried her there, by the road which leads to Ephrata; Bethlehem is another name they call it by. (Genesis 48, 7)
