Verse 11
Genesis 50:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And there- fore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֡רְא יוֹשֵׁב֩ הָ/אָ֨רֶץ הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת הָ/אֵ֗בֶל בְּ/גֹ֨רֶן֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵֽבֶל כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְ/מִצְרָ֑יִם עַל כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָ/הּ֙ אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/עֵ֥בֶר הַ/יַּרְדֵּֽן
English Translation
And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, "This is a heavy mourning for Egypt." Therefore, it was named Abel-Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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Chapter 50 Context
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And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father's face weeping and kissing him.
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And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
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And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with b...
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And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found fa...
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For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I...
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And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.
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So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao's house, and all the elders of the...
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And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which...
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He had also in his train chariots and horsemen: and it was it great company.
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And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating...
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And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians....
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So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.
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And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave which Abraham had boug...
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And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had bur...
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Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another : Lest perhaps he should re...
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And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
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That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethr...
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And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants...
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And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God (Elohim)?
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You thought evil against me: but God (Elohim) turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at pre...
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Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
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And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father's house: and lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the...
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After which he told his brethren: God (Elohim) will visit you after my death, and will make you go u...
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And he made them swear to him, saying: God (Elohim) will visit you, Carry my bones with you out of t...
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And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
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