Genesis 45:26

26 Toen boodschapten zij hem, zeggende: Jozef leeft nog, ja, ook is hij regeerder in gans Egypteland! Toen bezweek zijn hart, want hij geloofde hen niet.

Genesis 45:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:26

And told him
What had happened to them in Egypt: saying, Joseph [is] yet alive;
who was thought by him and them to have been dead long ago: and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt;
deputy governor, and had such power and authority that nothing was done without his order; the executive power or administration of government was put into his hands, and all the officers of the kingdom were under him, he was next to Pharaoh: and Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not;
it was too great and too good news to be true; though it was desirable, it was unexpected; it amazed him, he knew not what to think, or say or believe about it; there was such a conflict of the passions in him, that he could not compose himself, or reason with himself about it; and what might serve the more to hinder his belief of it was, that this report of theirs was contrary to what they themselves had before related of his death; and very likely upon the mention of the thing he fell into a swoon, and was not himself for a while; and when he came a little to himself, they went on with their account, as follows.

Genesis 45:26 In-Context

24 En hij zond zijn broeders heen; en zij vertrokken; en hij zeide tot hen: Verstoort u niet op den weg.

25 En zij trokken op uit Egypte, en zij kwamen in het land Kanaan tot hun vader Jakob.

26 Toen boodschapten zij hem, zeggende: Jozef leeft nog, ja, ook is hij regeerder in gans Egypteland! Toen bezweek zijn hart, want hij geloofde hen niet.

27 Maar als zij tot hem gesproken hadden al de woorden van Jozef, die hij tot hen gesproken had, en dat hij de wagenen zag, die Jozef gezonden had om hem te voeren, zo werd de geest van Jakob hun vader, levendig.

28 En Israel zeide: Het is genoeg! mijn zoon Jozef leeft nog! ik zal gaan, en hem zien, eer ik sterve!