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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 who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy 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 spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour 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, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray thee, that I may 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 bondmen 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 the camp was very great.

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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 threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of 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 the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, and they said, This is a grievous mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim, which is beyond the 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 to him according as he had 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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and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought along with the field, for a possession of a sepulchre, of Ephron the Hittite, opposite to 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, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had gone up with him to bury 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, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to 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 to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded 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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Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to 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 said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

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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 to them, Fear not: am I then 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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Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great 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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And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to 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 a 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 sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on 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 to his brethren, I die; and God will certainly visit you, and bring you up out of this land, into the land that he swore unto 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 certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones 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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And Joseph died, a 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