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<center><big>'''The First Book of Moses, called Genesis</big><br/>Chapter 50'''</center>

<center><big>'''The First Book of Moses, called Genesis</big><br/>Chapter 50'''<ref>This is the final chapter of the [[Book of Genesis]].</ref></center>

 

<center><small>''Jacob's funeral.<br/>Joseph's prophesy on their return to Canaan.<br/>His age and death.<br/>1689 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''1860 B.C.''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>

<center><small>''Jacob's funeral.<br/>Joseph's prophesy on their return to Canaan.<br/>His age and death.<br/>1689 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''1860 B.C.''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>

'''1'''  And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

'''1'''  And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

'''2'''  And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

'''2'''  And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

'''3'''  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.

'''3'''  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.<ref>A "score" is 20, so threescore and ten days is 40 days.</ref>

'''4'''  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,

'''4'''  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,

'''5'''  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.

'''5'''  My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan,<ref>The land of Canaan today is Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Jordan and Syria.</ref> there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

'''6'''  And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

'''6'''  And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

'''25'''  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.

'''25'''  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.

'''26'''  So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

'''26'''  So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old:<ref>Notice that Joseph did not live past the 120-year limit on lifespan after the [[Great Flood]], as explained earlier in this [[Book of Genesis]].</ref> and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in [[Egypt]].<ref>This is virtually identical to the translation of Genesis 50 from [[Dead Sea Scrolls|Dead Sea Scroll]] 4Q11 PaleoGenesis-Exodus: "26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt." [https://dssenglishbible.com/genesis%2050.htm Dead Sea Scrolls translation].</ref>

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