And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
WEB
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
YLT
and Israel saith, `Enough! Joseph my son is yet alive; I go and see him before I die.'
DBT
And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)