Genesis 50

Jacob's Death and Burial

1 Then Joseph a fell on his father's face, and b wept over him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to c embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians d mourned 1 for him seventy days.

4 Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to e the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying, 5 f 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying; in my grave g which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.' " 6 And Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear." 7 So 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, 8 as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering. 10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they h mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. i He observed seven days of mourning for his father. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians." Therefore its name was called 2 Abel Mizraim, 3 which is beyond the Jordan. 12 So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them. 13 For j his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham k bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place. 14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.

God's Good Purposes

15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, l they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may 4 actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him." 16 So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he commanded, saying, 17 'Thus you shall say to Joseph: "I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; m for they did evil to you.'" Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of n the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 Then his brothers also went and o fell down before his face, and they said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19 Joseph said to them, p "Do not be afraid, q for am I in the place of God? 20 r "But as for you, you meant evil against me; but s God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. 21 "Now therefore, do not be afraid; t I will provide for you and your little ones." And he comforted them and spoke 5 kindly to them.

The Death of Joseph

22 So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23 Joseph saw Ephraim's children u to the third generation. v The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, w were also brought up on Joseph's knees. 24 And Joseph said to his brethren, "I am dying; but x God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land y of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." 25 Then z Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely 6 visit you, and a you shall carry up my b bones from here." 26 So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 46:4
    "I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes."
    Genesis 46:29
    So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:14
    Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 50:26
    So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years...
    2 Chronicles 16:14
    They buried him in his own tomb, which he had m...
    Matthew 26:12
    For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, sh...
    Mark 16:1
    Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, ...
    Luke 24:1
    Now on the first day of the week, very early in...
    John 19:39
    And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by ni...
    John 19:40
    Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it ...
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 37:34
    Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
    Numbers 20:29
    Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
    Deuteronomy 34:8
    And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:2
    You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 47:29 - 31
    When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt.
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 16:14
    They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him.
    Isaiah 22:16
    What have you here, and whom have you here, That you have hewn a sepulcher here, As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
    Matthew 27:60
    And laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
  8. Cross References
    Acts 8:2
    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 31:13
    Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
    Job 2:13
    So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 49:29 - 31
    Then he charged them and said to them: "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
    Acts 7:16
    And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 23:16 - 20
    And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.
  12. Cross References
    Job 15:21
    Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
  13. Cross References
    Proverbs 28:13
    He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 49:25
    By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 37:7 - 10
    "There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf."
    Genesis 41:43
    And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, "Bow the knee!" So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
    Genesis 44:14
    So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 45:5
    But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 30:2
    And Jacob's anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, " Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
    2 Kings 5:7
    And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, " Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 45:5
    But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
    Genesis 45:7
    And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
    Psalms 56:5
    All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
  19. Cross References
    Acts 3:13 - 15
    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 5:44
    But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 48:1
    Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, "Indeed your father is sick"; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
    Job 42:16
    After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 26:29
    The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
    Numbers 32:39
    And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 30:3
    So she said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her.
  24. Cross References
    Genesis 15:14
    And also the nation whom they serve I will judg...
    Genesis 46:4
    "I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will a...
    Genesis 48:21
    Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying...
    Exodus 3:16
    Go and gather the elders of Israel together, an...
    Exodus 3:17
    "and I have said I will bring you up out of the...
    Joshua 3:17
    Then the priests who bore the ark of the covena...
    Hebrews 11:22
    By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mentio...
  25. Cross References
    Genesis 26:3
    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
    Genesis 35:12
    "The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land."
    Genesis 46:4
    "I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes."
    Exodus 6:8
    'And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the LORD.'"
  26. Cross References
    Genesis 47:29
    When the time drew near that Israel must die, h...
    Genesis 47:30
    "but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carr...
    Exodus 13:19
    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, fo...
    Joshua 24:32
    The bones of Joseph, which the children of Isra...
    Acts 7:15
    So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he an...
    Acts 7:16
    And they were carried back to Shechem and laid ...
    Hebrews 11:22
    By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mentio...
  27. Cross References
    Genesis 17:8
    "Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
    Genesis 28:13
    And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
    Genesis 35:12
    "The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land."
    Deuteronomy 1:8
    'See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers - to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - to give to them and their descendants after them.'
    Deuteronomy 30:1 - 8
    Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you.
  28. Cross References
    Exodus 13:19
    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.
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