“But because occasionally the divine fire can be extinguished even in the saints and faithful, hear the apostle Paul warning these who were worthy to receive gifts of the Spirit and grace, and saying, "Do not extinguish the Spirit." The Scripture says of Jacob, therefore, "And Jacob rekindled his spirit, and Israel sai…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 15.3
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28And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: