29 So Joseph made ready his (A)chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and (B)fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

30 And Israel said to Joseph, (C)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, (D)“I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:29 Hebrew around him