Genesis 45:28

And Israel said, Great to me is the joy! Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go, and behold him before I die.

Targum Onkelos

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

27And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had spoken with them; and he saw the waggons that Joseph had sent to fetch him; and the Holy Spirit rested upon Jakob their father.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:30And Israel said to Joseph, I could-die at this time! I have consolation now that I have seen thy face; for thou art yet alive.

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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