Genesis 45:26 References

26 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But he was stunned, for ahe did not believe them.

a Genesis 37:31-35

Genesis 37

31 So athey took Joseph's tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;

32 and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."

33 Then he examined it and said, "It is my son's tunic. aA wild beast has devoured him; bJoseph has surely been torn to pieces!"

34 So Jacob atore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

35 Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will ago down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.