Quotes about Legacy
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
— Genesis 48:19
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
— Genesis 48:21
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
— Genesis 48:22
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
— Genesis 49:1
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
— Genesis 49:29
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
— Genesis 49:31
my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
— Genesis 50:5
So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
— Genesis 50:12
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
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
— Genesis 50:23
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
— Genesis 50:25
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
— Exodus 1:3