Genesis 46:30

30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Genesis 46:30 in Other Translations

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

30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive."

30 Finally, Jacob said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen your face again and know you are still alive.”

30 Israel said to Joseph, "I'm ready to die. I've looked into your face - you are indeed alive."

30 Then Israel said to Joseph, "At last I can die, now that I have seen your face [and know] you are still alive!"

Genesis 46:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:30

And Israel said unto Joseph
He broke silence first:

now let me die, since I have seen thy face;
not that he was impatient to die, and not desirous to live any longer; for it could not but yield pleasure to him, and make the remainder of his life more comfortable to live with such a son, his darling, and now in so much honour and grandeur; but this he said to express his great satisfaction at the sight of him, that he could now be content to die, having all his heart could wish for, an interview with his beloved son:

because thou [art] yet alive;
whom he had looked upon as dead, and the receiving him now was as life from the dead, and could not but fill him with the greatest joy, see ( Luke 15:23 Luke 15:24 Luke 15:32 ) ; Jacob lived after this seventeen years, ( Genesis 47:28 ) .

Genesis 46:30 In-Context

28 Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,

29 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

32 The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’

Cross References

• 1. S ver 29
• 2. S Genesis 44:28