And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Behold, I die. The patriarch could speak of death with composure; but he wished to prepare Joseph and the rest of the family for the shock.
But God shall ... Jacob, in all probability, was not authorized to speak of their bondage-he dwelt only on the certainty of their restoration to Canaan.