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Burial of Jacob

Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him, and kissed him.

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Mourning and Burial for Jacob

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

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Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned[a] for him seventy days.

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And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

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Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,

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And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; 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, and I will come back.’ ”

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My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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

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And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

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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 house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.

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And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

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And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering.

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And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

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Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

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And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called [b]Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

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So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them.

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And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

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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 bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.

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For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.

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And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

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Joseph Reassures His Brothers

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may [c]actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.”

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Joseph Comforts his Brothers

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

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So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying,

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And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

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‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

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Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

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And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

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Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

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And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

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But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

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But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke [d]kindly to them.

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Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

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Death of Joseph

So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

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The Death of Joseph

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

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Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.

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And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

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And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

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And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely [e]visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

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And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

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So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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Genesis 50

Genesis 50