30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
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Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: …
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-34)We have here, I. The joyful meeting between Jacob and his son Joseph, in which observe, 1. Jacob’s prudence in sending Judah before him to Joseph, to give him notice of his arrival in Goshen. This was a piece of respect owing to the government, under the protection of which these strangers had come to put themselves, Gen. 46:28. We should be very careful not to give offence to any, especially not…
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