26They told him, saying, |Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.| His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.


In Context

23 He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, |See that you don't quarrel on the way.|

25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

26 They told him, saying, |Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.| His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.

27 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.

28 Israel said, |It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.|

Genesis 45:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:26And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

45:26They told him, "Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt." Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:26And they told him, saying: Joseph thy son is living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep, yet did not believe them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:26And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:26And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:26And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

45:26and they declare to him, saying, 'Joseph is yet alive,' and that he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceaseth, for he hath not given credence to them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.