Genesis 50 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Then Joseph^H3130 fell^H5307 on his father’s^H1 face^H6440 and wept^H1058 over^H5921 him and kissed^H5401 him.

Gen 50:2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

Gen 50:3Then the forty days to do this were fulfilled, because in this manner the days of embalming are fulfilled. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Gen 50:4

Then the days^H3117 of weeping^H1068 for him were^H5674 past^H5674, and Joseph^H3130 spoke^H1696 to the household^H1004 of Pharaoh^H6547, saying^H559, “If^H518 now^H4994 I have found^H4672 favor^H2580 in your sight^H5869, please^H4994 speak^H1696 in the ears^H241 of Pharaoh^H6547, saying^H559,

Gen 50:5

Gen 50:5‘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.” So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

Gen 50:6

Gen 50:6And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Gen 50:7

So Joseph^H3130 went^H5927 up^H5927 to bury^H6912 his father^H1, and with him went^H5927 up^H5927 all^H3605 the servants^H5650 of Pharaoh^H6547, the elders^H2205 of his household^H1004, and all^H3605 the elders^H2205 of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714,

Gen 50:8

Gen 50:8and 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.

Gen 50:9

Gen 50:9There also went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very [fn]immense camp.

Gen 50:10

Gen 50:10And they came to the [fn]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a very great and [fn]immense lamentation; and he [fn]observed seven days of mourning for his father.

Gen 50:11

Gen 50:11Now the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at [fn]the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, “This is an [fn]immense [fn]mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [fn]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Jacob’s Burial at Machpelah

Gen 50:12

Gen 50:12Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them.

Gen 50:13

Gen 50:13Indeed, 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 his possession as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

Gen 50:14

Gen 50:14After 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.

Gen 50:15

Then Joseph’s^H3130 brothers^H251 saw^H7200 that their father^H1 was dead^H4191, and they said^H559, “What if Joseph^H3130 bears^H7852 a^H7852 grudge^H7852 against^H7852 us and returns^H7725 back to us all^H3605 the evil^H7451 which^H834 we dealt^H1580 against him!”

Gen 50:16

Gen 50:16So they [fn]sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

Gen 50:17

Gen 50:17‘Thus you shall say to Joseph, “Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they dealt evil against you.”’ So now, please forgive the transgression of the slaves of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Gen 50:18

Gen 50:18Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your slaves.”

Gen 50:19

Gen 50:19But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place?

Gen 50:20

Gen 50:20“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to do [fn]what has happened on this day, to keep many people alive.

Gen 50:21

Gen 50:21“So now, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke to their heart.

The Death of Joseph

(Heb 11:22 )

Gen 50:22

Now Joseph^H3130 stayed^H3427 in Egypt^H4714, he and his father’s^H1 household^H1004, and Joseph^H3130 lived^H2421 110^H3967^H6235 years^H8141.

Gen 50:23

Gen 50:23And Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

Gen 50:24

Gen 50:24And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely [fn]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Gen 50:25