Genesis 50 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[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.

King James Version

^[1] And JosephH3130 fellH5307(QalImpf) upon his father’sH1 face,H6440 and weptH1058(QalImpf) upon him, and kissedH5401(QalImpf) him. ^[2] And JosephH3130 commandedH6680(PielImpf) his servantsH5650 the physiciansH7495(QalActPtc) to embalmH2590(QalInf) his father:H1 and the physiciansH7495(QalActPtc) embalmedH2590(QalImpf) Israel.H3478 ^[3] And fortyH705 daysH3117 were fulfilledH4390(QalImpf) for him; for so are fulfilledH4390(QalImpf) the daysH3117 of those which are embalmed:H2590(QalPasPtc) and the EgyptiansH4714 mournedH1058(QalImpf) for him threescore and tenH7657 days.H3117 ^[4] And when the daysH3117 of his mourningH1068 were past,H5674(QalImpf) JosephH3130 spakeH1696(PielImpf) unto the houseH1004 of Pharaoh,H6547 saying,H559(QalInf) If now I have foundH4672(QalPerf) graceH2580 in your eyes,H5869 speak,H1696(PielImpv) I pray you, in the earsH241 of Pharaoh,H6547 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[5] My fatherH1 made me swear,H7650(HiphPerf) saying,H559(QalInf) Lo,H2009 I die:H4191(QalPtc) in my graveH6913 which I have diggedH3738(QalPerf) for me in the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 there shalt thou bury me.H6912(QalImpf) Now therefore let me go up,H5927(QalImpf) I pray thee, and buryH6912(QalImpf) my father,H1 and I will come again.H7725(QalImpf) ^[6] And PharaohH6547 said,H559(QalImpf) Go up,H5927(QalImpv) and buryH6912(QalImpv) thy father,H1 according as he made thee swear.H7650(HiphPerf) ^[7] And JosephH3130 went upH5927(QalImpf) to buryH6912(QalInf) his father:H1 and with him went upH5927(QalImpf) all the servantsH5650 of Pharaoh,H6547 the eldersH2205 of his house,H1004 and all the eldersH2205 of the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 ^[8] And all the houseH1004 of Joseph,H3130 and his brethren,H251 and his father’sH1 house:H1004 only their little ones,H2945 and their flocks,H6629 and their herds,H1241 they leftH5800(QalPerf) in the landH776 of Goshen.H1657 ^[9] And there went upH5927(QalImpf) with him both chariotsH7393 and horsemen:H6571 and it was a veryH3966 greatH3515 company.H4264 ^[10] And they cameH935(QalImpf) to the threshingfloorH1637 of Atad,H329 which [is] beyondH5676 Jordan,H3383 and there they mournedH5594(QalImpf) with a greatH1419 and veryH3966 soreH3515 lamentation:H4553 and he madeH6213(QalImpf) a mourningH60 for his fatherH1 sevenH7651 days.H3117 ^[11] And when the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of the land,H776 the Canaanites,H3669 sawH7200(QalImpf) the mourningH60 in the floorH1637 of Atad,H329 they said,H559(QalImpf) This [is] a grievousH3515 mourningH60 to the Egyptians:H4714 wherefore the name of itH8034 was calledH7121(QalPerf) Abelmizraim,H67 which [is] beyondH5676 Jordan.H3383 ^[12] And his sonsH1121 didH6213(QalImpf) unto him according as he commandedH6680(PielPerf) them: ^[13] For his sonsH1121 carriedH5375(QalImpf) him into the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 and buriedH6912(QalImpf) him in the caveH4631 of the fieldH7704 of Machpelah,H4375 which AbrahamH85 boughtH7069(QalPerf) with the fieldH7704 for a possessionH272 of a buryingplaceH6913 of EphronH6085 the Hittite,H2850 beforeH6440 Mamre.H4471 ^[14] And JosephH3130 returnedH7725(QalImpf) into Egypt,H4714 he, and his brethren,H251 and all that went upH5927(QalActPtc) with him to buryH6912(QalInf) his father,H1 afterH310 he had buriedH6912(QalInf) his father.H1 ^[15] And when Joseph’sH3130 brethrenH251 sawH7200(QalImpf) that their fatherH1 was dead,H4191(QalPerf) they said,H559(QalImpf) JosephH3130 will peradventureH3863 hate us,H7852(QalImpf) and will certainlyH7725(HiphInf) requiteH7725(HiphImpf) us all the evilH7451 which we didH1580(QalPerf) unto him. ^[16] And they sent a messengerH6680(PielImpf) unto Joseph,H3130 saying,H559(QalInf) Thy fatherH1 did commandH6680(PielPerf) beforeH6440 he died,H4194 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[17] So shall ye sayH559(QalImpf) unto Joseph,H3130 Forgive,H5375(QalImpv) I pray theeH577 now, the trespassH6588 of thy brethren,H251 and their sin;H2403 for they didH1580(QalPerf) unto thee evil:H7451 and now, we pray thee, forgiveH5375(QalImpv) the trespassH6588 of the servantsH5650 of the GodH430 of thy father.H1 And JosephH3130 weptH1058(QalImpf) when they spakeH1696(PielInf) unto him. ^[18] And his brethrenH251 also wentH3212(QalImpf) and fell downH5307(QalImpf) before his face;H6440 and they said,H559(QalImpf) Behold, we [be] thy servants.H5650 ^[19] And JosephH3130 saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, FearH3372(QalImpf) not: for [am] I in the place of God?H430 ^[20] But as for you, ye thoughtH2803(QalPerf) evilH7451 against me; [but] GodH430 meant itH2803(QalPerf) unto good,H2896 toH4616 bring to pass,H6213(QalInf) as [it is] this day,H3117 to saveH2421 muchH7227 peopleH5971 alive.H2421(HiphInf) ^[21] Now therefore fearH3372(QalImpf) ye not: I will nourishH3557(PilpImpf) you, and your little ones.H2945 And he comfortedH5162(PielImpf) them, and spakeH1696(PielImpf) kindlyH3820 unto them. ^[22] And JosephH3130 dweltH3427(QalImpf) in Egypt,H4714 he, and his father’sH1 house:H1004 and JosephH3130 livedH2421(QalImpf) an hundredH3967 and tenH6235 years.H8141 ^[23] And JosephH3130 sawH7200(QalImpf) Ephraim’sH669 childrenH1121 of the thirdH8029 [generation]: the childrenH1121 also of MachirH4353 the sonH1121 of ManassehH4519 were brought upH3205(PualPerf) upon Joseph’sH3130 knees.H1290 ^[24] And JosephH3130 saidH559(QalImpf) unto his brethren,H251 I die:H4191(QalPtc) and GodH430 will surelyH6485(QalInf) visitH6485(QalImpf) you, and bring you outH5927(HiphPerf) of this landH776 unto the landH776 which he swareH7650(NiphPerf) to Abraham,H85 to Isaac,H3327 and to Jacob.H3290 ^[25] And JosephH3130 took an oathH7650(HiphImpf) of the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 saying,H559(QalInf) GodH430 will surelyH6485(QalInf) visitH6485(QalImpf) you, and ye shall carry upH5927(HiphPerf) my bonesH6106 from hence.H2088 ^[26] So JosephH3130 died,H4191(QalImpf) [being] an hundredH3967 and tenH6235 yearsH8141 old:H1121 and they embalmedH2590(QalImpf) him, and he was putH3455(QalImpf) in a coffinH727 in Egypt.H4714

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