Genesis 46:30

Now let me die. — Heb., I would die this time (Genesis 2:23), after I have seen thy face, &c. Calmly will Jacob wait for death now that the great longing of his soul has been satisfied.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob Goes Down to Egypt 9. פלוּא pallû' , Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן chetsrôn , Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי kar...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 46:1 to Genesis 47:12 . Jacob and his Descendants Go down into Egypt and Settle in Goshen. The list in Genesis 46:8-27 with the introd...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. Now let me die, since I have seen thy face - P...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Descent of Jacob into Egypt. The Genealogical Table of the Israelites 1-4. On reaching Beersheba, the southern boundary of the Promised Land,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pharaoh Welcome's Joseph's Relatives Genesis 46:28-34 ; Genesis 47:1-12 What a meeting between father and son! If the old man were sitting in...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter should be read in the light of the whole divine movement we are attempting to keep in mind. The migration of Jacob and his sons to Egypt...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And what saith the believer when he hath seen the face of JESUS: see Luke 2:29-30 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Israel said unto Joseph ,.... He broke silence first: now let me die, since I have seen thy face ; not that he was impatient to die, and not d...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive. Ver. 30. Vow let me die. ] What would this...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Direct his face unto Goshen Which was near the entrance of Egypt. The meaning seems to be, to give Joseph notice of his approach, that he might com...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB AND HIS FAMILY MOVE TO EGYPT (vs.1-27) Nothing is said of the great amount of preparation they must make for their journey, but Jacob is sa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Meeting between Jacob and Joseph. B. C. 1706....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Now I expect no greater happiness upon earth, and therefore am content to die. Compare Luke 2:29 .
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 46:8-28 . And these are the names of the children of Israel, etc.] “Catalogue of Jacob’s sons, grandchildren, and great-...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 46:2 . In the visions of the night. It was a practice of the ancient Romans to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the gods...
The Biblical Illustrator

They came into the land of Goshen The settlement of the children of Israel in Goshen I. THE WISE POLICY OF THIS STEP. II. THE BEHAVIOUR OF J...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 46:1 And Israel (as the head of the theocratic family) took his journey — literally, broke up, sc. his encampment (c...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Meeting of Jacob and Joseph
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. Having experienced this last great token of the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 45:28 Luke 2:29 Luke 2:30
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Now let me die — Not but that it was farther desirable to live with Joseph, and to see his honour and usefulness; but he had so much satisfaction i...

³⁰ And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 46:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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