The Revival of Jacob

The brothers return to Jacob and tell him Joseph is alive and ruling in Egypt. Jacob first cannot believe them, but Joseph’s message and the sight of the wagons revive him, and he decides to go see Joseph before he dies.

S²⁵o the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. ²⁶“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” ²⁷But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them. 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. ²⁸“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”