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


In Context

27 With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.

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.'

Genesis 46:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

46:30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

46:30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:30Israel said to Joseph, |Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

46:30and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Let me die this time, after my seeing thy face, for thou art yet alive.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive.