# They told him

"They told [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob)"

# all the words of Joseph that he had said to them

"everything that Joseph had said to them"

# the spirit of [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob) their father revived

The word "spirit" stands for the whole person. AT: "[Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob) their father recovered" or "[Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob) their father became very excited" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])