Genesis 48:21
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 48
“And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.”Genesis 48:21
What Does Genesis 48:21 Mean?
Genesis 48:21 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 48, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 48:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 28:15“And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”Genesis 46:4“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.”Genesis 50:24“And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”Exodus 13:19“And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.”Genesis 26:3“Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;”Hebrews 11:13“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”Genesis 27:2“And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:”Numbers 14:9“Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.”Deuteronomy 31:3“The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.”2 Timothy 4:6“For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.”Hebrews 7:3“Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”Hebrews 7:23“And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:”Hebrews 9:17“For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”Genesis 12:5“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”Genesis 15:14“And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.”Genesis 37:1“And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.”Genesis 50:5“My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.”Genesis 50:6“And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.”Deuteronomy 1:1“These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.”Deuteronomy 31:8“And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.”
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