Genesis 45:28
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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,

Lexicon
Then Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

declared,
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I am convinced!
רַ֛ב (raḇ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

My son
בְּנִ֖י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Joseph
יוֹסֵ֥ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

is still
עוֹד־ (‘ō·wḏ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

alive!
חָ֑י (ḥāy)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

I will go
אֵֽלְכָ֥ה (’ê·lə·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to see
וְאֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ (wə·’er·’en·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

him before
בְּטֶ֥רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

I die.”
אָמֽוּת׃ (’ā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill


Additional Translations
Then Israel declared, “I am convinced! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

And Israel said, It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die.

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.

and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

and Israel saith, 'Enough! Joseph my son is yet alive; I go and see him before I die.'
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