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CHAP. L.
1 The mourning for Iacob. 4 Ioseph getteth leaue of Pharaoh to goe to bury him. 7 The funerall. 15 Ioseph comforteth his brethren, who craued his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generation of his sonnes. 24 He prophesieth vnto his brethren of their returne. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones. 26 He dieth, and is chested.
1 And Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face, and wept vpon him, and kissed him.
3 And fortie dayes were fulfilled for him, (for so are fulfilled the dayes of those which are imbalmed) and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten dayes.3
5 My father made me sweare, saying, Loe, I die: in my graue which I haue digged for me, in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therfore let me goe vp, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come againe.5
6 And Pharaoh said, Goe vp, and bury thy father, according as he made thee sweare.
9 And there went vp with him both charets and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites sawe the mourning in the floore of Atad, they saide, This is a grieuous mourning to the Egyptians: wherfore the name of it was called, Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iordan.11
12 And his sonnes did vnto him according as he commanded them.
13 For his sonnes caried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the caue of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.13
16 And they sent a messenger vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,16
19 And Ioseph saide vnto them, Feare not: for am I in the place of God?19
21 Now therefore feare yee not: I will nourish you, and your litle ones. And hee comforted them, and spake kindly vnto them.21
22 ¶ And Ioseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his fathers house: and Ioseph liued an hundred and ten yeeres.
23 And Ioseph sawe Ephraims children, of the third generation: the children also of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh were brought vp vpon Iosephs knees.23
24 And Ioseph saide vnto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land, vnto the land which hee sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Iacob.24
25 And Ioseph tooke an othe of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shal carie vp my bones from hence.25
Genesis Chapter 50 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Heb. wept.
5 Chap.47. 29.
11 That is, the mourning of the Egyptians.
13 Act.7. 16 , Chap. 23. 16.
16 Heb charged.
19 Chap. 45. 5.
21 Hebr. to their hearts.
23 Num. 32. 39. , Heb. borne.
24 Heb.12. 22.
25 Exod. 13. 19.
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