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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 50</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/50.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//genesis/50-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/genesis/">Genesis</a> > Genesis 50</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/49.htm" title="Genesis 49">◄</a> Genesis 50 <a href="../exodus/1.htm" title="Exodus 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/genesis/50.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/genesis/50.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/genesis/50.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/genesis/50.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/genesis/50.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/genesis/50.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/genesis/50.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Mourning and Burial for Jacob<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt— <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Joseph Comforts His Brothers<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” <p class="reg"> When their message came to him, Joseph wept. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!” <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them. <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Joseph<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> on Joseph’s knees. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/50-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Abel-mizraim</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>mourning of the Egyptians</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>born</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>placed at birth</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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