Genesis 45:28

and he said: “It is enough for me, if my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

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In The King James Version

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

In Context

27To the contrary, they explained the entire matter in order. And when he had seen the wagons, and all that he had sent, his spirit revived,

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Cross References

Genesis 46:30And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”

John 16:21A woman, when she is giving birth, has sorrow, because her hour has arrived. But when she has given birth to the child, then she no longer remembers the difficulties, because of the joy: for a man has been born into the world.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:26-28

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1707.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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