Add parallel Print Page Options

29 Joseph prepared his chariot and went to meet his father Israel in Goshen. As soon as Jacob[a] appeared in his presence, he embraced him[b] and wept for a long time as he held on to him.[c] 30 “Now let me die,” Israel told Joseph, “since I’ve seen your face and confirmed that you’re still alive!”

31 But Joseph addressed his brothers and his father’s household and told them, “I’ll go up and tell Pharaoh that my brothers and my father’s household have arrived from Canaan to be with me.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:29 Lit. he
  2. Genesis 46:29 Lit. he fell on his neck
  3. Genesis 46:29 Lit. to his neck

29 Joseph had his chariot(A) made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.(B) As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father[a] and wept(C) for a long time.(D)

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

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,(G) have come to me.(H)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:29 Hebrew around him