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Jacob and Joseph (OT)
How Jacob and Joseph (OT) are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jacob was a parent of Joseph (OT).
Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons and mourned him many days as dead. In Goshen Joseph fell on his father's neck, and Jacob said, "Now let me die, since I have seen thy face".
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age
Genesis 37:3, King James Version
mourned for his son many days
Genesis 37:34, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 46:29-30
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 37:3
3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
Genesis 37:34
34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 46:29-30
29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
King James Version