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Genesis 49:33-50:13
New King James Version
Genesis 49:33-50:13
New King James Version
33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
Burial of Jacob
50 Then Joseph (A)fell on his father’s face and (B)wept over him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to (C)embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians (D)mourned[a] for him seventy days.
4 Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to (E)the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying, 5 (F)‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave (G)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.’ ”
6 And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
7 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, 8 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. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering.
10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they (H)mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. (I)He observed seven days of mourning for his father. 11 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.
12 So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them. 13 For (J)his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham (K)bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:3 Lit. wept
- Genesis 50:11 Lit. Mourning of Egypt
Genesis 49:33-50:13
New International Version
Genesis 49:33-50:13
New International Version
33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.(A)
50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.(B) 2 Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,(C) 3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(D)
4 When the days of mourning(E) had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court,(F) “If I have found favor in your eyes,(G) speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5 ‘My father made me swear an oath(H) and said, “I am about to die;(I) bury me in the tomb I dug for myself(J) in the land of Canaan.”(K) Now let me go up and bury my father;(L) then I will return.’”
6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials(M) accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court(N) and all the dignitaries of Egypt— 8 besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household.(O) Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.(P) 9 Chariots(Q) and horsemen[a] also went up with him. It was a very large company.
10 When they reached the threshing floor(R) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(S) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(T) of mourning(U) for his father.(V) 11 When the Canaanites(W) who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.”(X) That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[b]
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:(Y) 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(Z) near Mamre,(AA) which Abraham had bought along with the field(AB) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(AC)
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:9 Or charioteers
- Genesis 50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.
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