Genesis 45:28
What does Genesis 45:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 45:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Israel saith, `Enough! Joseph my son <FI>is<Fi> yet alive; I go and see him before I die.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he said: It is enough for me if Joseph, my son, be yet living: I will go and see him before I die.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.
Context
v.27And 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:
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 2:28
then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
- John 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
- Genesis 46:30
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.
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