Verse | Translation | Text |
Ge 48:21 | Strong Concordance | And Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], Behold, I die [04191]: but God [0430] shall be with you, and bring you again [07725] unto the land [0776] of your fathers [01]. |
King James | And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die--The patriarch could speak of death with composure, but he wished to prepare Joseph and the rest of the family for the shock. but God shall be with you--Jacob, in all probability, was not authorized to speak of their bondage--he dwelt only on the certainty of their restoration to Canaan. |