Verse 4

Genesis 50:4

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4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י בְכִית֔/וֹ וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶל בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אִם נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּ/עֵ֣ינֵי/כֶ֔ם דַּבְּרוּ נָ֕א בְּ/אָזְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵ/אמֹֽר

English Translation

And the days of his weeping passed, and Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying..."

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Chapter 50 Context

1 And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him. Focus ↗

2 And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body re... Focus ↗

3 And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the... Focus ↗

4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you h...

5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made read... Focus ↗

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him. Focus ↗

7 So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of... Focus ↗

8 And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and t... Focus ↗

9 And carriages went up with him and horsemen, a great army. Focus ↗

10 And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last h... Focus ↗

11 And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief,... Focus ↗

12 So his sons did as he had given them orders to do: Focus ↗

13 For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Mac... Focus ↗

14 And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, wen... Focus ↗

15 Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's h... Focus ↗

16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying, Focus ↗

17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did t... Focus ↗

18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants. Focus ↗

19 And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God (Elohim)? Focus ↗

20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God (Elohim) has given a happy outcome, the salva... Focus ↗

21 So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with... Focus ↗

22 Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were... Focus ↗

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Ma... Focus ↗

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God (Elohim) will keep you in m... Focus ↗

25 Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God (Elohim) will certainly give effec... Focus ↗

26 So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he... Focus ↗

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Book: Genesis
Chapter: Chapter 50 (26 verses)
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