◄ Genesis 46:30 ►
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Good News Translation
Jacob said to Joseph, "I am ready to die, now that I have seen you and know that you are still alive."

New Revised Standard Version
Israel said to Joseph, “I can die now, having seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Contemporary English Version
Jacob said to Joseph, "Now that I have seen you and know you are still alive, I am ready to die."

New American Bible
And Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.

Genesis 45:28 And he said: It is enough for me if Joseph, my son, be yet living: I will go and see him before I die.

Luke 2:29,30 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace: . . .

Context
Jacob Arrives in Egypt
…29And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept. 30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.31And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:…
Cross References
Genesis 46:29
And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.

Genesis 46:31
And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:

Genesis 46:29
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