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| | |And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. | | |And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. |
| − | | | + | |[[Joseph]] was falling on his father's face, and weeping over him and kissing him. |
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| | |And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. | | |And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. |
| − | | | + | |Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm hs father. The physicians embalmed Israel. |
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| | |And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. | | |And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. |
| − | | | + | |Forty days were fulfilled for him, because that was the customary waiting period following embalming. The [[Egypt]]ians lamented him for seventy days. |
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| | |And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph 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, | | |And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph 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, |
| − | | | + | |When the days of lamentation for him had passed, Joseph spoke to the household of [[Pharaoh]], and said, "If I have found grace in your eyes, please take this message to Pharaoh:" |
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| | |My father made 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. | | |My father made 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. |
| − | | | + | |"'My father adjured me, and said, "Look, I'm dying. I want you to bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]]."'" |
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| | |And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. | | |And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. |
| − | | | + | |Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, exactly as he adjured you to do." |
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| | |And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, | | |And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, |
| − | | | + | |Joseph went up to bury his father. All of Pharaoh's servants, the old men of his household, and all the old men in the land of [[Egypt]] went up with him, |
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| | |And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. | | |And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. |
| − | | | + | |together with the entire households of Joseph and his brothers, and his father's household. But they left their little children, their flocks, and their herds in the land of [[Goshen]]. |
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| | |And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. | | |And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. |
| − | | | + | |They had a chariot and cavalry escort, and it was an exceedingly large company. |
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| | |And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. | | |And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. |
| − | | | + | |They came to the threshing-site of Atad, across the Jordan River, and they wailed with a great and exceedingly heavy wailing. He mourned for his father for seven days. |
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| | |And when the inhabitants of the land, the 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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. | | |And when the inhabitants of the land, the 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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. |
| − | | | + | |When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw the mourning at the threshing-site of Atad, they said, "This is a great mourning for the [[Egypt]]ians." So the place gained the name Abel-Mizraim-beyond-Jordan. |
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| | |And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: | | |And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: |
| − | | | + | |His sons followed his instructions exactly: |
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| | |For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. | | |For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. |
| − | | | + | |his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of [[Machpelah]], which [[Abraham]] had bought with the field as a landholding for a tomb from Ephron the Hittite, facing Mamre. |
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| | |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. | | |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. |
| − | | | + | |Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and everyone who had gone up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. |
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| | |And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. | | |And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. |
| − | | | + | |Now when Joseph's brothers realized that their father was dead, they were saying to themselves, "Suppose Joseph holds a grudge against us! Won't he requite on us all the evil we did him?" |
| − | | | + | |"What goes around, comes around." |
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| | |And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, | | |And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, |
| − | | | + | |They instructed someone to tell Joseph, "Your father gave this instruction before he died:" |
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| | |So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they 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. | | |So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they 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. |
| − | | | + | |"'Tell this to Joseph: "Please forgive the transgression of your brothers, and their sin, and the evil that they did you." Now please forgive the transgression of the servants of the [[God]] of your father.'" Joseph wept when that message came to him. |
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| | |And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. | | |And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. |
| − | | | + | |Moreover, his brothers went and fell down in his presence, and said, "Look at us! We are your slaves." |
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| | |And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? | | |And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? |
| − | | | + | |Joseph told them, "You mustn't be afraid! Do I stand in God's place?" |
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| | |But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. | | |But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. |
| − | | | + | |"What you devised as evil against me, God devised for good, so that I could be in this place, at this moment, to preserve so many lives." |
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| | |Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. | | |Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. |
| − | | | + | |"So you mustn't be afraid of me now. I will sustain you, and your little children, too." So he comforted them, and spoke to their hearts. |
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| | |And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. | | |And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. |
| − | | | + | |Joseph continued to live in Egypt, both he and his father's household. Joseph lived for 110 years. |
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| | |And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. | | |And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. |
| − | | | + | |Joseph lived to see the children of [[Ephraim]] in their third generation, and also saw the children of [[Machir]] son of [[Manasseh]], who were born on Joseph's knees. |
| − | | | + | |The generations of Ephraim were many, as told in 1 Chronicles. This verse provides good synchrony information for the genealogical annals of Ephraim. |
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| | |And Joseph said unto his brethren, I 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. | | |And Joseph said unto his brethren, I 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. |
| − | | | + | |Joseph told his brothers, "I am dying. [[God]] will certainly visit you and bring you out of thiscountry and into the land that he swore to give to [[Abraham]], [[Isaac]], and [[Jacob]]." |
| − | | | + | |The [[Hebrew]] says, "visiting he shall visit" for emphasis. |
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| | |And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. | | |And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. |
| − | | | + | |Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, and said, "God will certainly visit you, and you will bring up my bones from this place." |
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| | |So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. | | |So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. |
| − | | | + | |And so Joseph died, at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a mummy-case in Egypt. |
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