Genesis 50
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Genesis 50:3-10

3Now fortyH705 daysH3117 were 1requiredH4390 for 2it, for 3suchH3651 is the periodH3117 requiredH4390 for embalmingH2591. And the EgyptiansH4714 4weptH1058 for him seventyH7657 daysH3117.

4When the daysH3117 of 5mourningH1068 for him were pastH5674, JosephH3130 spokeH1696 to the householdH1004 of PharaohH6547, sayingH559, “IfH518 nowH4994 I have foundH4672 favorH2580 in your sightH5869, pleaseH4994 speakH1696 6to PharaohH6547, sayingH559, 5‘7My fatherH1 made me swearH7650, sayingH559, “BeholdH2009, I am about to dieH4191; in my graveH6913 8whichH834 I dugH3738 for myself in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, thereH8033 you shall buryH6912 me.” NowH6258 therefore, pleaseH4994 let me goH5927 up and buryH6912 my fatherH1; then I will returnH7725.’” 6PharaohH6547 saidH559, “GoH5927 up and buryH6912 your fatherH1, as he made you swearH7650.”

7So JosephH3130 wentH5927 up to buryH6912 his fatherH1, and with him wentH5927 up allH3605 the servantsH5650 of PharaohH6547, the eldersH2205 of his householdH1004 and allH3605 the eldersH2205 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, 8and allH3605 the householdH1004 of JosephH3130 and his brothersH251 and his father’sH1 householdH1004; they leftH5800 onlyH7534 their littleH2945 onesH2945 and their flocksH6629 and their herdsH1241 in the landH776 of GoshenH1657. 9There also wentH5927 up with him bothH1571 chariotsH7393 and horsemenH6571; and it was a veryH3966 greatH3515 companyH4264. 10When they cameH935 to the 9threshingH1637 floorH1637 of AtadH329, whichH834 is beyondH5676 the JordanH3383, they 10lamentedH5594 thereH8033 with a veryH3966 greatH1419 and 11sorrowfulH3515 lamentationH4553; and he 12observedH6213 sevenH7651 daysH3117 mourningH60 for his fatherH1.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 50:3 Lit fulfilled ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 50:3 Or him ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 50:3 Lit so are fulfilled the days of embalming ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 50:3 Gen 50:10; Num 20:29; Deut 34:8 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 50:4 Lit weeping ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 50:4 Lit In the ears of ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 50:5 Gen 47:29-31 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 50:5 2 Chr 16:14; Is 22:16; Matt 27:60 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 50:10 Heb Goren ha-Atad ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 50:10 Acts 8:2 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 50:10 Lit heavy ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 50:10 Lit made a mourning for seven days ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 50

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