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Genesis 45:27
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The brothers relay Joseph’s message to Jacob at the precise moment the wagons arrive as physical proof. The words — וַ/יְדַבְּר֣וּ (va/y.da.be.Ru) means “and they spoke,” capturing the brothers’ act of delivering the report. The thread — The wagons and revival motif runs through Genesis 45:19, Psalm 85:6, and Isaiah 57:15. Why it lands — The text requires the reader to observe how repeated testimony paired with tangible evidence breaks through stubborn disbelief.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Genesis 45:19 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.
- Psalms 85:6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
- Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- 1 Samuel 30:12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
- Hosea 6:2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Judges 15:19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.