And 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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ils lui dirent: Joseph vit encore, et même c'est lui qui gouverne tout le pays d'Egypte. Mais le coeur de Jacob resta froid, parce qu'il ne les croyait pas.
KJV
And 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.
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
ι „ζῇ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἄρχει πάσης γῆς Αἰγύπτου“· „ἐξέστη“ γάρ φησι „τῇ διανοίᾳ, οὐ γὰρ ἐπίστευσεν αὐτοῖς“ (Gen. 45,26), καὶ ἐν Ἐξαγωγῇ κατὰ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν· „τὸ γὰρ ὄρος“ φησί „τὸ Σινὰ ἐκαπνίζετο ὅλον διὰ τὸ καταβεβηκέναι τὸν θεὸν ἐπ’ αὐτὸ ἐν πυρί, καὶ ἀνέβαινεν ὁ καπνὸς ὡσεὶ ἀτμὶς καμίν…
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
πανεσώθημεν. εἰκότως καὶ Ἰακὼβ τεθαύμακεν, εἰ ἔτι ὁ ἐν σώματι νοῦς, Ἰωσήφ, ζῇ πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ ἄρχει (Gen. 45,26) τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἄρχεται πρὸς αὐτοῦ. καὶ τἄλλα ἐπιὼν ἄν τις ὑποδείγματα τἀληθὲς ἰχνεύειν δυνηθείη. πρόκειται δ’ οὐ περὶ τούτων νῦν ἀκριβολογεῖσθαι, διὸ ἐπὶ τὰ ἑξῆ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 158 (Migne)
omittit ipse] nunc, Domine Pater, scimus quia vivit Filius tuus, et dominatur in tota terra Aegypti (Gen. XLV, 26) , imo in omni loco dominationis [Col. 0757B] tuae. Eductus enim ad imperium tuum de carcere mortis et inferorum, et attonsus mortalitatis comam, mutata veste carnis…
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