Genesis 46:30
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
Webster's Revision
And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
World English Bible
Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.
Definitions for Genesis 46:30
Clarke's Genesis 46:30 Bible Commentary
Now let me die, since I have seen thy face - Perhaps old Simeon had this place in view when, seeing the salvation of Israel, he said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, etc., Luke 2:29.
Wesley's Genesis 46:30 Bible Commentary
46:30 Now let me die - Not but that it was farther desirable to live with Joseph, and to see his honour and usefulness; but he had so much satisfaction in this first meeting, that he thought it too much to desire or expect any more in this world.
