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The
Death of Israel |
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Genesis 50:1
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Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept
over him and kissed him. |
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Genesis 50:2
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Joseph commanded his servants the physicians
to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. |
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Genesis 50:3
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Now forty days were required for it, for such
is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. |
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Genesis 50:4
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When the days of mourning for him were past,
Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in
your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying, |
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Genesis 50:5
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'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I
am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there
you shall bury me." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then
I will return.'" |
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Genesis 50:6
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Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as
he made you swear." |
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Genesis 50:7
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So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with
him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household and all the
elders of the land of Egypt, |
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Genesis 50:8
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and all the household of Joseph and his brothers
and his father's household; they left only their little ones and their flocks
and their herds in the land of Goshen. |
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Genesis 50:9
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There also went up with him both chariots and
horsemen; and it was a very great company. |
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Genesis 50:10
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When they came to the threshing floor of Atad,
which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful
lamentation; and he observed seven days mourning for his father. |
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Genesis 50:11
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Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous
mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond
the Jordan. |
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Burial
at Machpelah |
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Genesis 50:12
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Thus his sons did for him as he had charged
them; |
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Genesis 50:13
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for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan
and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham
had bought along with the field for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. |
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Genesis 50:14
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After he had buried his father, Joseph returned
to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. |
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Genesis 50:15
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When Joseph's brothers saw that their father
was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back
in full for all the wrong which we did to him!" |
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Genesis 50:16
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So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your
father charged before he died, saying, |
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Genesis 50:17
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'Thus you shall say to Joseph, "Please forgive,
I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you
wrong."' And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God
of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. |
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Genesis 50:18
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Then his brothers also came and fell down before
him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." |
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Genesis 50:19
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But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid,
for am I in God's place? |
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Genesis 50:20
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"As for you, you meant evil against me, but
God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve
many people alive. |
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Genesis 50:21
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"So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide
for you and your little ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. |
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Death
of Joseph |
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Genesis 50:22
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Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's
household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. |
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Genesis 50:23
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Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's
sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees. |
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Genesis 50:24
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Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to
die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the
land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob." |
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Genesis 50:25
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Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying,
"God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here."
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Genesis 50:26
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So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and
ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. |
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