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Genesis 50 (WEBP)
[1] Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
[2] Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
[3] Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
[4] When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’ ”
[6] Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
[7] Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
[8] all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
[9] Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
[10] They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
[11] When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
[12] His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
[13] for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.
[14] Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
[15] When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”
[16] They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
[17] ‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
[18] His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
[19] Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
[20] As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
[21] Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
[22] Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
[23] Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
[24] Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
[25] Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
[26] So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Genesis 50 (KJVS)
[1] And Joseph H3130 fell H5307 (8799) upon his father’s H1 face H6440, and wept H1058 (8799) upon him, and kissed H5401 (8799) him.
[2] And Joseph H3130 commanded H6680 (8762) his servants H5650 the physicians H7495 (8802) to embalm H2590 (8800) his father H1: and the physicians H7495 (8802) embalmed H2590 (8799) Israel H3478.
[3] And forty H705 days H3117 were fulfilled H4390 (8799) for him; for so are fulfilled H4390 (8799) the days H3117 of those which are embalmed H2590 (8803): and the Egyptians H4714 mourned H1058 (8799) for him threescore and ten H7657 days H3117.
[4] And when the days H3117 of his mourning H1068 were past H5674 (8799), Joseph H3130 spake H1696 (8762) unto the house H1004 of Pharaoh H6547, saying H559 (8800), If now I have found H4672 (8804) grace H2580 in your eyes H5869, speak H1696 (8761), I pray you, in the ears H241 of Pharaoh H6547, saying H559 (8800),
[5] My father H1 made me swear H7650 (8689), saying H559 (8800), Lo H2009, I die H4191 (8801): in my grave H6913 which I have digged H3738 (8804) for me in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, there shalt thou bury me H6912 (8799). Now therefore let me go up H5927 (8799), I pray thee, and bury H6912 (8799) my father H1, and I will come again H7725 (8799).
[6] And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 (8799), Go up H5927 (8798), and bury H6912 (8798) thy father H1, according as he made thee swear H7650 (8689).
[7] And Joseph H3130 went up H5927 (8799) to bury H6912 (8800) his father H1: and with him went up H5927 (8799) all the servants H5650 of Pharaoh H6547, the elders H2205 of his house H1004, and all the elders H2205 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714,
[8] And all the house H1004 of Joseph H3130, and his brethren H251, and his father’s H1 house H1004: only their little ones H2945, and their flocks H6629, and their herds H1241, they left H5800 (8804) in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.
[9] And there went up H5927 (8799) with him both chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571: and it was a very H3966 great H3515 company H4264.
[10] And they came H935 (8799) to the threshingfloor H1637 of Atad H329, which [is] beyond H5676 Jordan H3383, and there they mourned H5594 (8799) with a great H1419 and very H3966 sore H3515 lamentation H4553: and he made H6213 (8799) a mourning H60 for his father H1 seven H7651 days H3117.
[11] And when the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of the land H776, the Canaanites H3669, saw H7200 (8799) the mourning H60 in the floor H1637 of Atad H329, they said H559 (8799), This [is] a grievous H3515 mourning H60 to the Egyptians H4714: wherefore the name of it H8034 was called H7121 (8804) Abelmizraim H67, which [is] beyond H5676 Jordan H3383.
[12] And his sons H1121 did H6213 (8799) unto him according as he commanded H6680 (8765) them:
[13] For his sons H1121 carried H5375 (8799) him into the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and buried H6912 (8799) him in the cave H4631 of the field H7704 of Machpelah H4375, which Abraham H85 bought H7069 (8804) with the field H7704 for a possession H272 of a buryingplace H6913 of Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850, before H6440 Mamre H4471.
[14] And Joseph H3130 returned H7725 (8799) into Egypt H4714, he, and his brethren H251, and all that went up H5927 (8802) with him to bury H6912 (8800) his father H1, after H310 he had buried H6912 (8800) his father H1.
[15] And when Joseph’s H3130 brethren H251 saw H7200 (8799) that their father H1 was dead H4191 (8804), they said H559 (8799), Joseph H3130 will peradventure H3863 hate us H7852 (8799), and will certainly H7725 (8687) requite H7725 (8686) us all the evil H7451 which we did H1580 (8804) unto him.
[16] And they sent a messenger H6680 (8762) unto Joseph H3130, saying H559 (8800), Thy father H1 did command H6680 (8765) before H6440 he died H4194, saying H559 (8800),
[17] So shall ye say H559 (8799) unto Joseph H3130, Forgive H5375 (8798), I pray thee H577 now, the trespass H6588 of thy brethren H251, and their sin H2403; for they did H1580 (8804) unto thee evil H7451: and now, we pray thee, forgive H5375 (8798) the trespass H6588 of the servants H5650 of the God H430 of thy father H1. And Joseph H3130 wept H1058 (8799) when they spake H1696 (8763) unto him.
[18] And his brethren H251 also went H3212 (8799) and fell down H5307 (8799) before his face H6440; and they said H559 (8799), Behold, we [be] thy servants H5650.
[19] And Joseph H3130 said H559 (8799) unto them, Fear H3372 (8799) not: for [am] I in the place of God H430?
[20] But as for you, ye thought H2803 (8804) evil H7451 against me; [but] God H430 meant it H2803 (8804) unto good H2896, to H4616 bring to pass H6213 (8800), as [it is] this day H3117, to save H2421 much H7227 people H5971 alive H2421 (8687).
[21] Now therefore fear H3372 (8799) ye not: I will nourish H3557 (8770) you, and your little ones H2945. And he comforted H5162 (8762) them, and spake H1696 (8762) kindly H3820 unto them.
[22] And Joseph H3130 dwelt H3427 (8799) in Egypt H4714, he, and his father’s H1 house H1004: and Joseph H3130 lived H2421 (8799) an hundred H3967 and ten H6235 years H8141.
[23] And Joseph H3130 saw H7200 (8799) Ephraim’s H669 children H1121 of the third H8029 [generation]: the children H1121 also of Machir H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 were brought up H3205 (8795) upon Joseph’s H3130 knees H1290.
[24] And Joseph H3130 said H559 (8799) unto his brethren H251, I die H4191 (8801): and God H430 will surely H6485 (8800) visit H6485 (8799) you, and bring you out H5927 (8689) of this land H776 unto the land H776 which he sware H7650 (8738) to Abraham H85, to Isaac H3327, and to Jacob H3290.
[25] And Joseph H3130 took an oath H7650 (8686) of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, saying H559 (8800), God H430 will surely H6485 (8800) visit H6485 (8799) you, and ye shall carry up H5927 (8689) my bones H6106 from hence H2088.
[26] So Joseph H3130 died H4191 (8799), [being] an hundred H3967 and ten H6235 years H8141 old H1121: and they embalmed H2590 (8799) him, and he was put H3455 (8799) in a coffin H727 in Egypt H4714.
Young’s Literal Translation
Genesis 50 (YLT)
[1] And Joseph falleth on his father’s face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;
[2] and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;
[3] and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.
[4] And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, ‘If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;’
[6] and Pharaoh saith, ‘Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.’
[7] And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
[8] and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;
[9] and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.
[10] And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,
[11] and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, ‘A grievous mourning is this to the Egyptians;’ therefore hath one called its name ‘The mourning of the Egyptians,’ which is beyond the Jordan.
[12] And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,
[13] and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.
[14] And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father.
[15] And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, ‘Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.’
[16] And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, ‘Thy father commanded before his death, saying,
[17] Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;’ and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.
[18] And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, ‘Lo, we are to thee for servants.’
[19] And Joseph saith unto them, ‘Fear not, for am I in the place of God?
[20] As for you, ye devised against me evil-God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
[21] and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;’ and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.
[22] And Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth a hundred and ten years,
[23] and Joseph looketh on Ephraim’s sons of the third generation; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.
[24] And Joseph saith unto his brethren, ‘I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.’
[25] And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, ‘God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this place.’
[26] And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.