Genesis 46:30

And the father said to Joseph, Now I shall die joyful, for I have seen thy face, and I (shall) leave thee living.

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In The King James Version

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

In Context

29Joseph went up in his chariot to meet his father at the same place (or Joseph came up in his chariot, and met his father there). And he saw Jacob, and felled on his neck, and wept betwixt embracings, or embraces.

31And Joseph spake to his brethren, and to all his father’s house (hold), (and said), I shall go up, and tell to Pharaoh, and I shall say to him, My brethren, and the house (hold) of my father, that were in the land of Canaan, be come to me,

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Cross References

Luke 2:29Lord, now thou leavest thy servant after thy word in peace; (Lord, now thou lettest thy servant go or to depart in peace, according to thy word;)

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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