Genesis 45:28 (BSB)

“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”

From Genesis 45. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 45:28

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 45:25-28: We have here the good news brought to Jacob. 1. The relation of it, at first, sunk his spirits. When, without any preamble, his sons came in, crying, Joseph is yet alive, each striving which should first proclaim it, perhaps he thought they bantered him, and the affront grieved him; or the very mention of Joseph's name revived his sorrow, so that his heart fainted, Gen 45:26.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 45:28: And Israel said, it is enough, Joseph my son is yet alive,.... Or it is "much" or "great" (m); he had much joy, as the Targums; this was the greatest blessing of all, and more to him than all the glory and splendour that Joseph was in; that he was alive, that was enough for Jacob, which gave him content and pleasure; not so much...
  • Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Genesis 45:28: It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive - It was not the state of dignity to which Joseph had arisen that particularly affected Jacob, it was the consideration that he was still alive. It was this that caused him to exclaim רב rab; "much! multiplied! my son is yet alive!
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Genesis 45:25-28: Gen 45:25-28 When they got back, and brought word to their father, “Joseph is still living, yea (וכי an emphatic assurance, Ewald, §3306) he is ruler in all the land of Egypt, his heart stopped, for he believed them not;” i.e., his heart did not beat at this joyful news, for he put no faith in what they said.