Genesis 45:28

In 11 translations

BSB

“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”

KJV

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

WEB

Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

ASV

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

LSV

and Israel says, “Enough! My son Joseph [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die.”

YLT

and Israel saith, 'Enough! Joseph my son [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die.'

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And Israel said, I haue inough: Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue: I will go and see him yer I die.

JPS

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

LXXE

And Israel said, It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive, I will go and see him before I die.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רַ֛ב עוֹד־יוֹסֵ֥ף בְּנִ֖י חָ֑י אֵֽלְכָ֥ה וְאֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ בְּטֶ֥רֶם אָמֽוּת׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰσραὴλ, μέγα μοι ἐστὶν, εἰ ἔτι Ἰωσὴφ ὁ υἱός μου ζῇ· πορευθεὶς ὄψομαι αὐτὸν πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με.

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• Luke 2:28–30Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying: “Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
• John 16:21–22A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So also you have sorrow now, but I…
• Genesis 46:30Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”

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