²⁸ And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

^21 (A)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ^22 (B)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(C)I will see you again, and ^(D)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

²⁸ he took him up in his arms and ^(A)blessed God and said,

³⁰ Israel said to Joseph, ^(A)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”