Genesis — Chapter 50

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Genesis 50:1 And Joseph ^Rfell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

Genesis 50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians ^Rembalmed Israel.

Genesis 50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians ^Tmourned for him threescore and ten days.

Genesis 50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, ^RJoseph 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,

Genesis 50:5 My father ^Rmade 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.

Genesis 50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according ^Ras he made thee swear.

Genesis 50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: ^Rand with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Genesis 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: ^Ronly their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:9 And there went up with him both ^Rchariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

Genesis 50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is ^Rbeyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, ^Rthe 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 ^TAbelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

Genesis 50:12 ^RAnd his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

Genesis 50:13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in ^Rthe cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Genesis 50:14 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.

Genesis 50:15 And when Joseph’s brethren saw that ^Rtheir father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

Genesis 50:16 And they ^RTsent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Genesis 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for ^Rthey 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.

Genesis 50:18 And his brethren also went and ^Rfell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

Genesis 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, ^RFear not: for am I in the place of God?

Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ^Rye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Genesis 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: ^RI will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake ^Tkindly unto them.

Genesis 50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

Genesis 50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: ^Rthe children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were ^Tbrought up upon Joseph’s knees.

Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, ^RI 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.

Genesis 50:25 And Joseph ^Rtook an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, ^Rbeing an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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Genesis 50:1–14 — Jacob Is Buried in Canaan

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Joseph mourns his father and has the physicians embalm him. With Pharaoh’s permission a large company accompanies the family to Canaan, where Jacob is buried in Machpelah.

Key Truth: Jacob’s sons fulfill his request to be buried in the family cave.

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Genesis 50:15–21 — Joseph Reassures His Brothers

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After Jacob’s death, the brothers fear retaliation and ask forgiveness. Joseph tells them not to fear, explains that God meant their evil unto good to save lives, and promises to nourish their families.

Key Truth: Joseph offers reassurance and provision rather than retaliation.

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Genesis 50:22–26 — Joseph’s Final Promise and Request

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Joseph lives 110 years and sees later generations of his family. Before his death he declares that God will visit Israel and bring them to the promised land, and asks that his bones be carried up.

Key Truth: Genesis closes with Joseph’s confidence that God will bring Israel out of Egypt.

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