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

Genesis 45:28 And he said: It is enough for me if Joseph, my son, be yet living: I will go and see him before I die.

Luke 2:29,30 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace: . . .

Context
Jacob Arrives in Egypt
29And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept. 30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.31And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:…
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Genesis 46:29
And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.

Genesis 46:31
And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father's house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father's house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:

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

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

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

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

“Finally I can die,
אָמ֣וּתָה (’ā·mū·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

now
הַפָּ֑עַם (hap·pā·‘am)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

that I have seen
רְאוֹתִ֣י (rə·’ō·w·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

your face
פָּנֶ֔יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

[and know] that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you are still
עוֹדְךָ֖ (‘ō·wḏ·ḵā)
Adverb | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

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


Additional Translations
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

And Israel said to Joseph, After this I will gladly die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art yet living.

And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, after I have seen thy face, since thou still livest.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."

and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Let me die this time, after my seeing thy face, for thou art yet alive.'
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