Genesis 50

1And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

וַיִּפֹּל יֹוסֵף עַל־פְּנֵי אָבִיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עָלָיו וַיִּשַּׁק־לֹו׃ (1147)

See also: Genesis 46:4, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 46:19, Deuteronomy 6:7-8, 2 Kings 13:14, Mark 5:38-39, John 11:35-38, Acts 8:2, Ephesians 6:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13

2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

וַיְצַו יֹוסֵף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו אֶת־הָרֹפְאִים לַחֲנֹט אֶת־אָבִיו וַיַּחַנְטוּ הָרֹפְאִים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3382)

See also: Genesis 50:26, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Mark 16:1, John 19:39-40, Matthew 26:12, 2 Chronicles 16:12, Nehemiah 3:8, Mark 14:8, Luke 24:1, John 12:7

3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

וַיִּמְלְאוּ־לֹו אַרְבָּעִים יֹום כִּי כֵּן יִמְלְאוּ יְמֵי הַחֲנֻטִים וַיִּבְכּוּ אֹתֹו מִצְרַיִם שִׁבְעִים יֹום׃ (2186)

See also: Deuteronomy 34:8, Genesis 27:41, Numbers 20:29, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Genesis 50:10, Deuteronomy 21:13

4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

וַיַּעַבְרוּ יְמֵי בְכִיתֹו וַיְדַבֵּר יֹוסֵף אֶל־בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵיכֶם דַּבְּרוּ־נָא בְּאָזְנֵי פַרְעֹה לֵאמֹר׃ (4091)

See also: Genesis 50:10, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 33:10, Esther 4:2

5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

אָבִי הִשְׁבִּיעַנִי לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵת בְּקִבְרִי אֲשֶׁר כָּרִיתִי לִי בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן שָׁמָּה תִּקְבְּרֵנִי וְעַתָּה אֶעֱלֶה־נָּא וְאֶקְבְּרָה אֶת־אָבִי וְאָשׁוּבָה׃ (6083)

6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה עֲלֵה וּקְבֹר אֶת־אָבִיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבִּיעֶךָ׃ (2387)

See also: Genesis 48:21

7And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

וַיַּעַל יֹוסֵף לִקְבֹּר אֶת־אָבִיו וַיַּעֲלוּ אִתֹּו כָּל־עַבְדֵי פַרְעֹה זִקְנֵי בֵיתֹו וְכֹל זִקְנֵי אֶרֶץ־מִצְרָיִם׃ (3523)

See also: Genesis 14:16

8And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

וְכֹל בֵּית יֹוסֵף וְאֶחָיו וּבֵית אָבִיו רַק טַפָּם וְצֹאנָם וּבְקָרָם עָזְבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן׃ (2787)

See also: Exodus 10:9, Genesis 43:8, Exodus 10:8-9, Exodus 10:26, Numbers 32:24-27

9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

וַיַּעַל עִמֹּו גַּם־רֶכֶב גַּם־פָּרָשִׁים וַיְהִי הַמַּחֲנֶה כָּבֵד מְאֹד׃ (1380)

See also: Genesis 41:43, Genesis 46:29, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:28, 2 Kings 18:24, Song of Solomon 1:9, Acts 8:2

10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־שָׁם מִסְפֵּד גָּדֹול וְכָבֵד מְאֹד וַיַּעַשׂ לְאָבִיו אֵבֶל שִׁבְעַת יָמִים׃ (3565)

See also: Job 2:13, Deuteronomy 34:8, Acts 8:2, 1 Samuel 31:13, 2 Samuel 1:17, Ezekiel 3:15, Genesis 50:4, Genesis 50:11, Numbers 19:11, Deuteronomy 1:1, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 50:3, 1 Chronicles 10:12, 2 Chronicles 32:33

11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

וַיַּרְא יֹושֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי אֶת־הָאֵבֶל בְּגֹרֶן הָאָטָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵבֶל־כָּבֵד זֶה לְמִצְרָיִם עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שְׁמָהּ אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן׃ (4766)

See also: Genesis 10:15-19, Genesis 24:6, Genesis 50:10, Exodus 2:19, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 34:30, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 3:27, Deuteronomy 11:30, 1 Samuel 6:18, 1 Samuel 25:1, 2 Samuel 1:17

12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בָנָיו לֹו כֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּם׃ (1223)

See also: Genesis 49:29-32, Acts 7:16, Genesis 47:29-31, Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1

13For 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 for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֹתֹו בָנָיו אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתֹו בִּמְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר מֵאֵת עֶפְרֹן הַחִתִּי עַל־פְּנֵי מַמְרֵא׃ (7368)

See also: Genesis 23:17, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 49:29, Genesis 15:15, Genesis 23:16-18, Genesis 46:4, Acts 7:16, Genesis 23:4, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 35:27, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 49:31, 2 Samuel 19:37, 2 Kings 21:18

14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

וַיָּשָׁב יֹוסֵף מִצְרַיְמָה הוּא וְאֶחָיו וְכָל־הָעֹלִים אִתֹּו לִקְבֹּר אֶת־אָבִיו אַחֲרֵי קָבְרֹו אֶת־אָבִיו׃ (3219)

15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

וַיִּרְאוּ אֲחֵי־יֹוסֵף כִּי־מֵת אֲבִיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוּ יִשְׂטְמֵנוּ יֹוסֵף וְהָשֵׁב יָשִׁיב לָנוּ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר גָּמַלְנוּ אֹתֹו׃ (4285)

See also: Proverbs 19:11, Proverbs 28:1, Acts 7:9, Genesis 27:41-42, Genesis 42:21-22, Leviticus 26:36, Job 15:21-22, Psalms 14:5, Psalms 53:5, Genesis 37:9, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 42:17, 1 Kings 17:18, Ecclesiastes 7:2, Romans 2:15, Matthew 5:23

16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

וַיְצַוּוּ אֶל־יֹוסֵף לֵאמֹר אָבִיךָ צִוָּה לִפְנֵי מֹותֹו לֵאמֹר׃ (1603)

See also: Proverbs 29:25, 1 Thessalonians 2:11

17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

כֹּה־תֹאמְרוּ לְיֹוסֵף אָנָּא שָׂא נָא פֶּשַׁע אַחֶיךָ וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי־רָעָה גְמָלוּךָ וְעַתָּה שָׂא נָא לְפֶשַׁע עַבְדֵי אֱלֹהֵי אָבִיךָ וַיֵּבְךְּ יֹוסֵף בְּדַבְּרָם אֵלָיו׃ (4586)

18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

וַיֵּלְכוּ גַּם־אֶחָיו וַיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֶּנּוּ לְךָ לַעֲבָדִים׃ (1028)

See also: Genesis 37:7-11, 2 Samuel 9:7, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 42:6, Genesis 44:14, Genesis 45:3, Genesis 45:4, 1 Kings 18:7

19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יֹוסֵף אַל־תִּירָאוּ כִּי הֲתַחַת אֱלֹהִים אָנִי׃ (2127)

See also: Romans 12:19, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 45:5, 2 Kings 5:7, Hebrews 10:30, Deuteronomy 32:35, Job 34:19-29, Matthew 14:27

20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

וְאַתֶּם חֲשַׁבְתֶּם עָלַי רָעָה אֱלֹהִים חֲשָׁבָהּ לְטֹבָה לְמַעַן עֲשֹׂה כַּיֹּום הַזֶּה לְהַחֲיֹת עַם־רָב׃ (3452)

21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

וְעַתָּה אַל־תִּירָאוּ אָנֹכִי אֲכַלְכֵּל אֶתְכֶם וְאֶת־טַפְּכֶם וַיְנַחֵם אֹותָם וַיְדַבֵּר עַל־לִבָּם׃ (3283)

See also: Genesis 47:12, 1 Peter 3:9, Genesis 45:10-11, Judges 19:3, Isaiah 40:2, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 6:14, Romans 12:20-21, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, Genesis 43:8, Genesis 49:24

22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

וַיֵּשֶׁב יֹוסֵף בְּמִצְרַיִם הוּא וּבֵית אָבִיו וַיְחִי יֹוסֵף מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים׃ (2517)

See also: Genesis 50:26, Joshua 24:29

23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

וַיַּרְא יֹוסֵף לְאֶפְרַיִם בְּנֵי שִׁלֵּשִׁים גַּם בְּנֵי מָכִיר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה יֻלְּדוּ עַל־בִּרְכֵּי יֹוסֵף׃ (2836)

See also: Psalms 128:6, Job 42:16, Genesis 41:52, Numbers 32:39, Genesis 30:3, Joshua 17:1, Genesis 48:19, Numbers 32:33, Job 3:12, Proverbs 17:6, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 49:12, Deuteronomy 3:15, 1 Chronicles 2:21, 1 Chronicles 7:14, Psalms 127:5

24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

וַיֹּאמֶר יֹוסֵף אֶל־אֶחָיו אָנֹכִי מֵת וֵאלֹהִים פָּקֹד יִפְקֹד אֶתְכֶם וְהֶעֱלָה אֶתְכֶם מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב׃ (5281)

25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

וַיַּשְׁבַּע יֹוסֵף אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד יִפְקֹד אֱלֹהִים אֶתְכֶם וְהַעֲלִתֶם אֶת־עַצְמֹתַי מִזֶּה׃ (4358)

See also: Exodus 13:19, Joshua 24:32, Acts 7:16, Genesis 47:29-31, Ruth 1:6, Hebrews 11:22, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 50:5, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 47:30, 2 Kings 11:4

26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

וַיָּמָת יֹוסֵף בֶּן־מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וַיַּחַנְטוּ אֹתֹו וַיִּישֶׂם בָּאָרֹון בְּמִצְרָיִם׃ (3189)

See also: Job 42:16, Genesis 35:28, Genesis 50:2, Exodus 1:6, Genesis 47:9, Genesis 47:28, Genesis 50:22, Exodus 6:16, Joshua 24:29, 2 Samuel 19:32