Genesis 50
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Genesis 50:6-13

6PharaohH6547 saidH559, “GoH5927 upH5927 and buryH6912 your fatherH1, as he made you swearH7650.”

7So JosephH3130 wentH5927 upH5927 to buryH6912 his fatherH1, and with him wentH5927 upH5927 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. 9ChariotsH7393 with teamsH6571 ofH6571 horsesH6571 also wentH5927 upH5927 with him; and it was a veryH3966 greatH3515 companyH4264. 10When they cameH935 to the 1threshingH1637 floorH1637 of AtadH329, whichH834 is beyondH5676 the JordanH3383, they 2mournedH5594 thereH8033 with a veryH3966 greatH1419 and 3sorrowfulH3515 lamentationH4553; and he 4observedH6213 sevenH7651 daysH3117 of mourningH60 for his fatherH1. 11Now when the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776, the CanaanitesH3669, sawH7200 the mourningH60 at 5the threshingH1637 floorH1637 of AtadH329, they saidH559, “ThisH2088 is a 6grievousH3515 7mourningH60 for the EgyptiansH4714.” ThereforeH5921H3651 it was namedH7121H8034 8Abel-mizraimH67, whichH834 is beyondH5676 the JordanH3383. 12And so his sonsH1121 didH6213 for him as he had commandedH6680 them; 13for his sonsH1121 carriedH5375 him to the landH776 of CanaanH3667 and buriedH6912 him in 9the caveH4631 of the fieldH7704 of MachpelahH4375 oppositeH5921H6440 MamreH4471, whichH834 AbrahamH85 had boughtH7069 along with the fieldH7704 as a 10burialH6913 siteH272 from EphronH6085 the HittiteH2850.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 50:10 Heb Goren ha-Atad ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 50:10 Acts 8:2 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 50:10 Lit heavy ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 50:10 Lit made a mourning for seven days ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 50:11 Heb Goren ha-Atad ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 50:11 Lit heavy ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 50:11 Heb ebel ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 50:11 I.e., the meadow (or mourning) of Egypt ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 50:13 Gen 23:16-20; Acts 7:16 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 50:13 Lit possession of a burial place ↩

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