KJV King James Version
And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 45:28
And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
WEB World English Bible
Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
ASV American Standard Version
and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Israel saith, ‘Enough! Joseph my son is yet alive; I go and see him before I die.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 45
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26 And 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.
27 And 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:
28 And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelרַ֛בH7227 · ravmanyעוֹד־H5750 · odstillיוֹסֵ֥ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephבְּנִ֖יH1121 · benson: childחָ֑יH2416 · chayaliveאֵֽלְכָ֥הH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוְאֶרְאֶ֖נּוּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeבְּטֶ֥רֶםH2962 · te.rembeforeאָמֽוּת׃H4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Luke 2:28-30Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,Genesis 46:30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive.John 16:21-22A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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