Genesis 50:1 - Exodus 2:10
New American Standard Bible
Jacob Is Buried
50 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him. 2 Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians (A)embalmed Israel. 3 Now forty days were [a]required for [b]it, for [c]such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians (B)wept for him seventy days.
4 When the days of [d]mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak [e]to Pharaoh, saying, 5 ‘(C)My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave (D)which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now then, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’” 6 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 household and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen. 9 Chariots with teams of horses also went up with him; and it was a very great company. 10 When they came to the [f]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they (E)mourned there with a very great and [g]sorrowful lamentation; and he [h]observed seven days of mourning for his father. 11 Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at [i]the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a [j]grievous [k]mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [l]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Burial at Machpelah
12 And so his sons did for him as he had commanded them; 13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in (F)the cave of the field of Machpelah opposite Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a [m]burial site from Ephron the Hittite. 14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
15 When Joseph’s brothers had seen that their father was dead, they said, “(G)What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!” 16 So they sent instructions to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded us before he died, saying, 17 ‘This is what you shall say to Joseph: “Please forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 Then his brothers also came and (H)fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? 20 As for you, (I)you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about [n]this present result, to keep many people alive. 21 So therefore, do not be afraid; (J)I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke [o]kindly to them.
Death of Joseph
22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived 110 years. 23 Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were (K)born on Joseph’s knees. 24 Joseph said to his brothers, “(L)I am about to die, but God will assuredly [p]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He [q]promised on oath to (M)Abraham, to (N)Isaac, and to (O)Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will assuredly [r]take care of you, and (P)you shall carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they (Q)embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
Israel Multiplies in Egypt
1 Now these are the (R)names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came, each one [s]with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 [t]All the people who descended from Jacob were (S)seventy [u]people, but Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 And (T)Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 But the sons of Israel (U)were fruitful and [v]increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly [w]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
8 Now a new (V)king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And (W)he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [x]too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us (X)deal [y]shrewdly with them, otherwise they will multiply, and [z]in the event of war, they will also join those who hate us, and fight against us and [aa]depart from the land.” 11 So they appointed (Y)taskmasters over them to oppress them with [ab](Z)hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh (AA)storage cities, Pithom and (AB)Raamses. 12 But the more they oppressed them, (AC)the more they multiplied and the more they [ac]spread out, so that they dreaded the sons of Israel. 13 The Egyptians [ad]used violence to compel the sons of Israel (AD)to labor; 14 and they made (AE)their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they violently had them perform as slaves.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom [ae]was named Shiphrah, and the other [af]was named Puah; 16 and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, (AF)if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17 But the midwives [ag](AG)feared God, and (AH)did not do as the king of Egypt had [ah]commanded them, but let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?” 19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife [ai]can get to them.” 20 So (AI)God was good to the midwives, and (AJ)the people multiplied, and became very [aj]mighty. 21 And because the midwives [ak](AK)feared God, He [al](AL)established [am]households for them. 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “(AM)Every son who is born, [an]you are to throw into (AN)the Nile, but every daughter, you are to keep alive.”
The Birth of Moses
2 Now a man from (AO)the house of Levi went and [ao]married a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw [ap]that he was [aq](AP)beautiful, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a (AQ)papyrus [ar]basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the (AR)reeds by the bank of the Nile. 4 (AS)And his sister stood at a distance to [as]find out what would [at]happen to him.
5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down (AT)to bathe at the Nile, with her female attendants walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [au]basket among the reeds and sent her slave woman, and she brought it to her. 6 When she opened it, she [av]saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a woman for you who is nursing from the Hebrew women, so that she may nurse the child for you?” 8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and (AU)he became her son. And she named him [aw]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:3 Lit fulfilled
- Genesis 50:3 Or him
- Genesis 50:3 Lit so are fulfilled the days of embalming
- Genesis 50:4 Lit weeping
- Genesis 50:4 Lit In the ears of
- Genesis 50:10 Heb Goren ha-Atad
- Genesis 50:10 Lit heavy
- Genesis 50:10 Lit made a mourning for seven days
- Genesis 50:11 Heb Goren ha-Atad
- Genesis 50:11 Lit heavy
- Genesis 50:11 Heb ebel
- Genesis 50:11 I.e., the meadow (or mourning) of Egypt
- Genesis 50:13 Lit possession of a burial place
- Genesis 50:20 Lit as this day
- Genesis 50:21 Lit to their heart
- Genesis 50:24 Or visit
- Genesis 50:24 Lit swore
- Genesis 50:25 Or visit
- Exodus 1:1 Lit and
- Exodus 1:5 Lit Every soul
- Exodus 1:5 Lit souls
- Exodus 1:7 Lit swarmed
- Exodus 1:7 Or numerous
- Exodus 1:9 Or more and mightier than we
- Exodus 1:10 Or wisely
- Exodus 1:10 Lit it will come about when war occurs that
- Exodus 1:10 Lit go up from
- Exodus 1:11 Lit their burdens
- Exodus 1:12 Lit broke forth
- Exodus 1:13 Lit with violence compelled
- Exodus 1:15 Lit the name was
- Exodus 1:15 Lit the name was
- Exodus 1:17 Or revered
- Exodus 1:17 Lit spoken to
- Exodus 1:19 Lit comes to
- Exodus 1:20 Or numerous
- Exodus 1:21 Or revered
- Exodus 1:21 Lit made
- Exodus 1:21 Or families
- Exodus 1:22 Some ancient versions insert to the Hebrews
- Exodus 2:1 Lit took
- Exodus 2:2 Lit him that
- Exodus 2:2 Lit good
- Exodus 2:3 Or chest
- Exodus 2:4 Lit know
- Exodus 2:4 Lit be done
- Exodus 2:5 Or chest
- Exodus 2:6 Heb saw it, the child
- Exodus 2:10 Heb Mosheh, from a verb meaning to draw out
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