Verse 15
Genesis 50:15
Bible in Basic English
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Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְא֤וּ אֲחֵֽי יוֹסֵף֙ כִּי מֵ֣ת אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ ל֥וּ יִשְׂטְמֵ֖/נוּ יוֹסֵ֑ף וְ/הָשֵׁ֤ב יָשִׁיב֙ לָ֔/נוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּמַ֖לְנוּ אֹתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, and they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us and will pay us back for all the evil we did to him."
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Chapter 50 Context
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And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.
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And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body re...
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And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the...
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And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you h...
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My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made read...
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And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.
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So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of...
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And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and t...
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And carriages went up with him and horsemen, a great army.
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And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last h...
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And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief,...
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So his sons did as he had given them orders to do:
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For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Mac...
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And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, wen...
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Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's h...
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,
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You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did t...
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Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.
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And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God (Elohim)?
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As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God (Elohim) has given a happy outcome, the salva...
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So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with...
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Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were...
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And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Ma...
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God (Elohim) will keep you in m...
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Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God (Elohim) will certainly give effec...
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So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he...
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