Genesis 45:28
Good News Translation
"My son Joseph is still alive!" he said. "This is all I could ask for! I must go and see him before I die."

New Revised Standard Version
Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I must go and see him before I die.”

Contemporary English Version
and said, "Now I can believe you! My son Joseph must really be alive, and I will get to see him before I die."

New American Bible
“Enough,” said Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I must go and see him before I die.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: It is enough for me if Joseph, my son, be yet living: I will go and see him before I die.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said: It is enough for me if Joseph, my son, be yet living: I will go and see him before I die.

It is enough.

Genesis 46:30 And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.

Luke 2:28-30 He also took him into his arms and blessed God and said . . .

John 16:21,22 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. . . .

Context
The Revival of Jacob
27They, on the other side, told the whole order of the thing. And when he saw the wagons, and all that he had sent, his spirit revived, 28And he said: It is enough for me if Joseph, my son, be yet living: I will go and see him before I die.
Cross References
Genesis 45:27
They, on the other side, told the whole order of the thing. And when he saw the wagons, and all that he had sent, his spirit revived,

Genesis 46:1
And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,

Genesis 45:27
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