Genesis 46:30

Plain English Version

Then Jacob said to his son Joseph, “Now I have seen you again, and I know that you are still alive. That’s the only thing I wanted. So I’m ready to die now.”

Cross References

Genesis 45:28

He said, “Now I know that those things that you said, they are true. My son Joseph really is alive. I have to go and see him before I die.”

Genesis 46:29

Joseph told his workers to get his special trailer ready, with horses to pull it. Then Joseph got into that trailer, and he went to Goshen, so that he could meet his father Jacob. As soon as Joseph saw his father, he went to him, and he put his arms around him and hugged him. Joseph held on to his father for a long time, and he cried a lot, because he was so happy to see him again.

Genesis 46:31

Then Joseph talked to his brothers, and to the rest of his father’s family. He said, “Now I have to go and tell Pharaoh that you mob are here. I will say to Pharaoh, ‘My brothers, and the rest of my father’s family, they left their home in Canaan country, and they came here to Egypt country, so that they can live near me.