Verse 16
Genesis 50:16
World English Bible, British Edition
16
They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before
he died, saying,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַוּ֕וּ אֶל יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אָבִ֣י/ךָ צִוָּ֔ה לִ/פְנֵ֥י מוֹת֖/וֹ לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
And they commanded Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before his death, saying..."
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Chapter 50 Context
1
Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
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2
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father;
and the physicians embalmed Isr...
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3
Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm.
The Egyptians wept for I...
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4
When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s
staff, saying, “If now I have...
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5
‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my
grave which I have dug for myse...
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6
Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made
you swear.”
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7
Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of h...
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8
all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their
little ones, their flocks,...
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9
Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
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10
They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan,
and there they lamented with a...
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11
When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning
in the floor of Atad, they said,...
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12
His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
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13
for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in
the cave of the field of Machpel...
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14
Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went
up with him to bury his father, a...
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15
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they
said, “It may be that Joseph will hate u...
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16
They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before
he died, saying,
17
‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your
brothers, and their sin, becaus...
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18
His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said,
“Behold, we are your servants.”
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19
Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God (Elohim)?
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20
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God (Elohim) meant it for good, to
save many people alive...
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21
Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little
ones.” He comforted them, and...
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22
Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived
one hundred and ten years.
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23
Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children
also of Machir, the son of Manas...
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24
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God (Elohim) will surely visit
you, and bring you up o...
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25
Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God (Elohim) will
surely visit you, and yo...
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26
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old, and they embalmed
him, and he was put in a coff...
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