Revised Version 1895

Genesis 50:4-13

4And when thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of weeping for him were past,Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130spake unto thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,IfH518nowנָ֨אna'H4994I havefoundמָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672graceחֵן֙chenH2580in youreyesבְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םbe.'Ei.nei.KhemH5869,speakH1696, Iprayנָ֕אna'H4994youH518, in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֥יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241ofPharaohפַרְעֹ֖הfar.'OhH6547,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

5Myfatherאָבִ֞י'a.ViH1madeH7650meH4994swearהִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִיhish.bi.'A.niH7650,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Loהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, Idieמֵת֒metH4191: in mygraveבְּקִבְרִ֗יbe.kiv.RiH6913whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834I have digged formeH4994in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667, there shalt thouburyתִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִיtik.be.Re.niH6912meH4994.Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforeletH4994meH4994goאֶֽעֱלֶה־'e.'e.leh-H5927upH5927, IprayH4994thee, andburyוְאֶקְבְּרָ֥הve.'ek.be.RahH6912myfatherאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1, and I willcomeH5927againוְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ve.'a.Shu.vahH7725.

6AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Goעֲלֵ֛ה'a.LehH5927upH5927, andburyוּקְבֹ֥רu.ke.VorH6912thyfatherאָבִ֖יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1, according as hemadeH7650theeswearהִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃hish.bi.'E.khaH7650.

7AndJosephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130wentH5927upH5927toburyלִקְבֹּ֣רlik.BorH6912hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1: and with himwentH5927upH5927allכָּל־kol-H3605theservantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650ofPharaohפַרְעֹה֙far.'OhH6547, theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of hishouseבֵית֔וֹvei.ToH1004, andallוְכֹ֖לve.KholH3605theeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205of thelandאֶֽרֶץ־'e.retz-H776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714,

8andallוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3605thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, and hisbrethrenוְאֶחָ֖יוve.'e.ChavH251, and hisfather’sאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1houseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004:onlyרַ֗קRakH7535theirlittleטַפָּם֙ta.PamH2945onesH2945, and theirflocksוְצֹאנָ֣םve.tzo.NamH6629, and theirherdsוּבְקָרָ֔םu.ve.ka.RamH1241, theyleftעָזְב֖וּ'a.ze.VuH5800in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofGoshenגֹּֽשֶׁן׃Go.shenH1657.

9And therewentH5927upH5927with himbothH1571chariotsרֶ֖כֶבRe.khevH7393andhorsemenפָּרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571: and it was averyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966greatH3966companyהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הha.ma.cha.NehH4264.

10And theycameוַיָּבֹ֜אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to the threshing-floor ofAtadהָאָטָ֗דha.'a.TadH329,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834isbeyondבְּעֵ֣בֶרbe.'E.verH5676Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383, and there theylamentedוַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־vai.Yis.pe.du-H5594with averyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966greatגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419and sorelamentationמִסְפֵּ֛דmis.PedH4553: and hemadeוַיַּ֧עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213amourningאֵ֖בֶל'E.velH60for hisfatherלְאָבִ֛יוle.'a.VivH1sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִֽים׃ya.MimH3117.

11And when theinhabitantsיוֹשֵׁב֩yo.ShevH3427of thelandהָאָ֨רֶץha.'A.retzH776, theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669,sawוַיַּ֡רְאvai.Yar'H7200themourningהָאֵ֗בֶלha.'E.velH60in thefloorבְּגֹ֙רֶן֙be.Go.renH1637ofAtadהָֽאָטָ֔דha.'a.TadH329, theysaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, This is agrievousכָּבֵ֥דka.VedH3515mourningאֵֽבֶל־'e.vel-H60to theEgyptiansH4713: wherefore thenameשְׁמָהּ֙she.MahH8034of it wascalledקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121Abel-mizraimH67,whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834isbeyondבְּעֵ֥בֶרbe.'E.verH5676Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃hai.yar.DenH3383.

12And hissonsבָנָ֖יוva.NavH1121didוַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213unto him according as hecommandedצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680them:

13for hissonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121carriedוַיִּשְׂא֨וּvai.yis.'UH5375himintoעַל־'al-H5921thelandאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667, andburiedוַיִּקְבְּר֣וּvai.yik.be.RuH6912him in thecaveבִּמְעָרַ֖תbim.'a.RatH4631of thefieldשְׂדֵ֣הse.DehH7704ofMachpelahהַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑הha.makh.pe.LahH4375,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֨ם'av.ra.HamH85boughtקָנָה֩ka.NahH7069with thefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֜הha.sa.DehH7704, for apossessionלַאֲחֻזַּת־la.'a.chu.zat-H272of a buryingplace, ofEphronעֶפְרֹ֥ן'ef.RonH6085theHittiteהַחִתִּ֖יha.chi.TiH2850,beforeפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440Mamreמַמְרֵֽא׃mam.Re'H4471.

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