King James Version
Genesis 46:30 in the King James Version says “And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.”
Genesis 46:30 · KJV
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
And the men are shepherds , for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. their trade: Heb. they are men of cattle
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“since”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“I have seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because thou art yet”
H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“alive”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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