Quotes about Return
Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
— Genesis 42:37
Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
— Genesis 43:12
Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
— Genesis 43:13
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
— Genesis 44:13
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
— Genesis 44:24
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
— Genesis 44:32
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
— Genesis 45:17
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
— Genesis 45:18
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
— Genesis 45:19
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
— Genesis 46:4
Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
— Genesis 49:9
After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
— Genesis 50:14