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Genesis 50
New Living Translation
Genesis 50
New Living Translation
50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. 2 Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob[a] was embalmed. 3 The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.
4 When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh’s advisers and said, “Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf. 5 Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.’ So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”
6 Pharaoh agreed to Joseph’s request. “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise,” he said. 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh’s officials, all the senior members of Pharaoh’s household, and all the senior officers of Egypt. 8 Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households. But they left their little children and flocks and herds in the land of Goshen. 9 A great number of chariots and charioteers accompanied Joseph.
10 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph’s father. 11 The local residents, the Canaanites, watched them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. Then they renamed that place (which is near the Jordan) Abel-mizraim,[b] for they said, “This is a place of deep mourning for these Egyptians.”
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them. 13 They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
14 After burying Jacob, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to his father’s burial. 15 But now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers became fearful. “Now Joseph will show his anger and pay us back for all the wrong we did to him,” they said.
16 So they sent this message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he instructed us 17 to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.’ So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept. 18 Then his brothers came and threw themselves down before Joseph. “Look, we are your slaves!” they said.
19 But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. 21 No, don’t be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.
The Death of Joseph
22 So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of 110. 23 He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasseh’s son Makir, whom he claimed as his own.[c]
24 “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Génesis 50
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Génesis 50
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Sepultura de Jacob
50 José se echó sobre el rostro de su padre, lloró sobre él y lo besó. 2 José ordenó a sus siervos médicos que embalsamaran a su padre, y los médicos embalsamaron a Israel(A). 3 Se requerían[a] cuarenta días para ello[b], porque este es el tiempo requerido para el embalsamamiento[c]. Y los egipcios lo lloraron setenta días(B).
4 Cuando pasaron los días de luto[d] por él, José habló a la casa de Faraón: «Si he hallado ahora gracia ante los ojos de ustedes, les ruego que hablen a[e] Faraón, diciendo: 5 “Mi padre me hizo jurar(C), diciendo: ‘Yo voy a morir. En el sepulcro que cavé para mí en la tierra de Canaán, allí me sepultarás(D)’. Ahora pues, le ruego que me permita ir a sepultar a mi padre, y luego volveré”». 6 Y Faraón dijo: «Sube y sepulta a tu padre como él te hizo jurar».
7 Entonces José subió a sepultar a su padre, y con él subieron todos los siervos de Faraón, los ancianos de su casa y todos los ancianos de la tierra de Egipto, 8 y toda la casa de José, y sus hermanos, y la casa de su padre. Solo dejaron a sus pequeños, sus ovejas y sus vacas en la tierra de Gosén. 9 Subieron también con él carros y jinetes; y era un cortejo[f] muy grande.
10 Cuando llegaron hasta la era de Atad[g], que está al otro lado del Jordán, allí hicieron duelo con una grande y dolorosa[h] lamentación(E). Y José guardó[i] siete días de duelo por su padre. 11 Cuando los habitantes de la tierra, los cananeos, vieron el duelo de la era de Atad[j], dijeron: «Este es un duelo doloroso[k] de los egipcios». Por eso llamaron al lugar Abel Mizrayim[l], el cual está al otro lado del Jordán.
12 Sus hijos, pues, hicieron con él tal como les había mandado. 13 Pues sus hijos lo llevaron a la tierra de Canaán, y lo sepultaron en la cueva del campo de Macpela, frente a Mamre, la cual Abraham había comprado de Efrón el hitita, junto con el campo como heredad de una sepultura(F). 14 Después de sepultar a su padre, José regresó a Egipto, él y sus hermanos, y todos los que habían subido con él para sepultar a su padre.
Muerte de José
15 Al ver los hermanos de José que su padre había muerto, dijeron: «Quizá José guarde rencor contra nosotros, y de cierto nos devuelva todo el mal que le hicimos(G)». 16 Entonces enviaron[m] un mensaje a José, diciendo: «Tu padre mandó a decir antes de morir: 17 “Así dirán a José: ‘Te ruego que perdones la maldad de tus hermanos y su pecado, porque ellos te trataron mal’”. Y ahora, te rogamos que perdones la maldad de los siervos del Dios de tu padre». Y José lloró cuando le hablaron.
18 Entonces sus hermanos vinieron también y se postraron delante de él(H), y dijeron: «Ahora somos tus siervos». 19 Pero José les dijo: «No teman, ¿acaso estoy yo en lugar de Dios? 20 Ustedes pensaron hacerme mal, pero Dios lo cambió en bien para que sucediera como vemos hoy, y se preservara la vida de mucha gente(I). 21 Ahora pues, no teman. Yo proveeré para ustedes y para sus hijos[n](J)». Y los consoló y les habló cariñosamente[o].
22 José se quedó en Egipto, él y la casa de su padre; y José vivió 110 años. 23 José vio la tercera generación de los hijos de Efraín; también los hijos de Maquir, hijo de Manasés, nacieron sobre las rodillas de José(K).
24 Y José dijo a sus hermanos: «Yo voy a morir, pero Dios ciertamente cuidará de ustedes[p] y los hará subir de esta tierra a la tierra que Él prometió en juramento[q](L) a Abraham(M), a Isaac(N) y a Jacob(O)». 25 Luego José hizo jurar a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: «Dios ciertamente los cuidará[r], y ustedes se llevarán mis huesos de aquí(P)».
26 Y murió José a la edad de 110 años. Lo embalsamaron(Q) y lo pusieron en un ataúd en Egipto.
Footnotes
- 50:3 Lit. Y se cumplieron.
- 50:3 O él.
- 50:3 Lit. así se cumplen los días del embalsamamiento.
- 50:4 Lit. lloro.
- 50:4 Lit. en los oídos de.
- 50:9 Lit. una compañía.
- 50:10 Heb. Goren ha-Atad.
- 50:10 Lit. pesada.
- 50:10 Lit. hizo.
- 50:11 Heb. Goren ha-Atad.
- 50:11 Lit. pesado.
- 50:11 I.e. la pradera, o, duelo de Egipto.
- 50:16 Lit. ordenaron.
- 50:21 Lit. pequeños.
- 50:21 Lit. a su corazón.
- 50:24 O visitará.
- 50:24 Lit. juró.
- 50:25 O visitará.
Genesis 50
New International Version
Genesis 50
New International Version
50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.(A) 2 Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,(B) 3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(C)
4 When the days of mourning(D) had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court,(E) “If I have found favor in your eyes,(F) speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5 ‘My father made me swear an oath(G) and said, “I am about to die;(H) bury me in the tomb I dug for myself(I) in the land of Canaan.”(J) Now let me go up and bury my father;(K) then I will return.’”
6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials(L) accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court(M) and all the dignitaries of Egypt— 8 besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household.(N) Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.(O) 9 Chariots(P) and horsemen[a] also went up with him. It was a very large company.
10 When they reached the threshing floor(Q) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(R) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(S) of mourning(T) for his father.(U) 11 When the Canaanites(V) who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.”(W) That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[b]
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:(X) 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(Y) near Mamre,(Z) which Abraham had bought along with the field(AA) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(AB) 14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.(AC)
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge(AD) against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”(AE) 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions(AF) before he died: 17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins(AG) and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’(AH) Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.(AI)” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.(AJ)
18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him.(AK) “We are your slaves,”(AL) they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?(AM) 20 You intended to harm me,(AN) but God intended(AO) it for good(AP) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.(AQ) 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.(AR)” And he reassured them and spoke kindly(AS) to them.
The Death of Joseph
22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years(AT) 23 and saw the third generation(AU) of Ephraim’s(AV) children.(AW) Also the children of Makir(AX) son of Manasseh(AY) were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[c](AZ)
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die.(BA) But God will surely come to your aid(BB) and take you up out of this land to the land(BC) he promised on oath to Abraham,(BD) Isaac(BE) and Jacob.”(BF) 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath(BG) and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones(BH) up from this place.”(BI)
26 So Joseph died(BJ) at the age of a hundred and ten.(BK) And after they embalmed him,(BL) he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:9 Or charioteers
- Genesis 50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.
- Genesis 50:23 That is, were counted as his
Genesis 50
King James Version
Genesis 50
King James Version
50 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.
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.
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.
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
7 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,
8 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.
9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10 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.
11 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 Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
17 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.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 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.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
24 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.
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.
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