Genesis 46:31

And Joseph said to his brothers, and to the house of his father, I will go up and show Pharoh, and will tell him, My brethren and the house of my father, who were in the land of Kenaan, have come to me.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

In Context

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.

32But the men are shepherds of sheep: for the men are masters of flocks, and their sheep and oxen and all that they have they have brought.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:1And Joseph came and showed Pharoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their oxen, and all that they have, are come from the land of Kenaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:29-34

Meeting between Jacob and Joseph. ( b. c. 1706.) 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I… Read the whole commentary →

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