Genesis 50
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The weeping and grief for Jacob
Verse 1
WEB Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
KJV And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
TSK fell: ge 46:4, de 6:7,8, eph 6:4; wept: ge 23:2, 2ki 13:14, mr 5:38,39, joh 11:35-38, ac 8:2, 1th 4:13
Verse 2
WEB Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
KJV And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
TSK embalmed: ge 50:26, 2ch 16:14, mt 26:12, mr 14:8, mr 16:1, lu 24:1, joh 12:7, joh 19:39,40
Verse 3
WEB Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
KJV And 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.
Verse 4
WEB When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
KJV And 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,
Verse 5
WEB ‘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.’”
KJV My 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.
TSK made me: ge 47:29-31; Lo, I die: ge 50:24, ge 48:21, ge 49:29,30, de 4:22, 1sa 14:43; I have: 2ch 16:14, isa 22:16, mt 27:60; bury me: ge 3:19, job 30:23, ps 79:3, ec 6:3, ec 12:5,7; let me go: mt 8:21,22, lu 9:59,60
Verse 6
WEB Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
KJV And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
TSK as he made: ge 48:21
His funeral
Verse 7
WEB 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,
KJV And 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,
TSK and with him: ge 14:16
Verse 8
WEB 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.
KJV And 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.
TSK only their: ex 10:8,9,26, nu 32:24-27
Verse 10
WEB 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.
KJV And 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.
TSK beyond: ge 50:11, de 1:1; seven days: ge 50:4, nu 19:11, de 34:8, 1sa 31:13, 2sa 1:17, job 2:13, ac 8:2
Verse 11
WEB 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.
KJV And 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.
TSK the Canaanites: ge 10:15-19, ge 13:7, ge 24:6, ge 34:30; Abelmizraim: 1sa 6:18; beyond Jordan: ge 50:10, de 3:25,27, de 11:30
Verse 12
WEB His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
KJV And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
TSK And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:: ge 47:29-31, ge 49:29-32, ex 20:12, ac 7:16, eph 6:1
Verse 13
WEB 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, for a possession of a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
KJV 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 for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
TSK the cave: ge 23:16-18, ge 25:9, ge 35:27,29, ge 49:29-31, 2ki 21:18
Verse 14
WEB 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.
KJV And 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.
TSK No cross references.
Joseph's brethren crave his pardon, He gives comfort to them
Verse 15
WEB 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 of the evil which we did to him.”
KJV And 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.
TSK their father: ge 27:41,42; Joseph: ge 42:17, le 26:36, job 15:21,22, ps 14:5, ps 53:5, pr 28:1, ro 2:15
Verse 16
WEB They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
KJV And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
TSK sent: pr 29:25
Verse 17
WEB ‘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.
KJV So 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.
TSK Forgive: mt 6:12,14,15, mt 18:35, lu 17:3,4, eph 4:32, col 3:12,13; they did: ge 50:20, job 33:27,28, ps 21:11, pr 28:13, jas 5:16; servants: ge 31:42, ge 49:25, mt 10:42, mt 25:40, mr 10:41, ga 6:10,16, phm 1:8-20; wept: ge 42:21-24, ge 45:4,5,8
Verse 18
WEB His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
KJV And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
TSK fell: ge 27:29, ge 37:7-11, ge 42:6, ge 44:14, ge 45:3
Verse 19
WEB Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
KJV And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
TSK fear not: ge 45:5, mt 14:27, lu 24:37,38; for am I: ge 30:2, de 32:35, 2ki 5:7, job 34:19-29, ro 12:19, heb 10:30
Verse 20
WEB As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
KJV But 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.
TSK ye thought: ge 37:4,18-20, ps 56:5; God meant: ge 45:5-8, ps 76:10, ps 105:16,17, ps 119:71, isa 10:7, ac 2:23, ac 3:13-15,26, ro 8:28
Verse 21
WEB Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
KJV Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
TSK I will nourish: ge 45:10,11, ge 47:12, mt 5:44, mt 6:14, ro 12:20,21, 1th 5:15, 1pe 3:9; kindly unto them: ge 34:3, isa 40:2
Joseph's direction about his bones, His death
Verse 22
WEB Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
KJV And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 23
WEB Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
KJV And 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.
TSK the children: ge 48:19, ge 49:12, nu 32:33,39, jos 17:1, job 42:16, ps 128:6; Joseph's: ge 30:3
Verse 24
WEB 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.”
KJV And 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.
TSK I die: ge 50:5, ge 3:19, job 30:23, ec 12:5,7, ro 5:12, heb 9:27; visit you: ge 21:1, ex 4:31; you out: ge 15:14-16, ge 26:3, ge 35:12, ge 46:4, ge 48:21, ex 3:16,17; sware: ge 12:7, ge 13:15,17, ge 15:7,18, ge 17:8, ge 26:3, ge 28:13, ge 35:12, ge 46:4, ex 33:1, nu 32:11, de 1:8, de 6:10
Verse 25
WEB Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
KJV And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
TSK took an: ge 50:5, ge 47:29-31; and ye: ex 13:19, jos 24:32, ac 7:16, heb 11:22
Verse 26
WEB So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
KJV So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
TSK being an hundred and ten years old: ge 50:22, ge 47:9,28, jos 24:29; they embalmed: ge 50:2,3