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Zanafilla 48-50
Albanian Bible
Zanafilla 48-50
Albanian Bible
48 Mbas këtyre gjërave, ndodhi që i thanë Jozefit: "Ja, ati yt është i sëmurë". Kështu ai mori me vete dy bijtë e tij, Manasin dhe Efraimin.
2 Kur i thanë Jakobit: "Ja, biri yt Jozefi po vjen te ti," Izraeli mblodhi tërë forcat dhe u ul mbi shtratin e tij.
3 Atëherë Jakobi i tha Jozefit: "Perëndia i plotfuqishëm m’u shfaq në Luc, në vendin e Kanaanit, më bekoi
4 dhe më tha: "Ja, unë do të të bëj frytdhënës, do të të shumoj, do të bëj prej teje një shumicë popujsh dhe do t’u jap këtë vend pasardhësve të tu pas teje, si pronë përjetë".
5 Tani dy bijtë e tu, që të kanë lindur në vendin e Egjiptit para se unë të vija tek ti në Egjipt, janë të mitë. Efraimi dhe Manasi janë të mitë, ashtu si Rubeni dhe Simeoni.
6 Por bijtë që ke lindur mbas tyre do të jenë të tutë; në territorin e trashëgimisë së tyre do të thirren me emrin e vëllezërve të tyre.
7 Sa për mua, ndërsa po kthehesha nga Padani, Rakela vdiq pranë meje gjatë udhëtimit, në vendin e Kanaanit, aty afër Efratës; dhe e varrosa atje, në rrugën e Efratës, që është Betlemi".
8 Kur Izraeli pa bijtë e Jozefit, tha: "Kush janë këta?".
9 Jozefi iu përgjegj të atit: "Janë fëmijët e mi që Perëndia më ka dhënë këtu". Atëherë ai tha: "M’i afro dhe unë do t’i bekoj".
10 Tani sytë e Izraelit ishin venitur për shkak të moshës dhe nuk shihte fare. Jozefi i afroi ata dhe ai i puthi dhe i përqafoi.
11 Pastaj Izraeli i tha Jozefit: "Unë nuk mendoja të shikoja përsëri fytyrën tënde, por tani Perëndia më dha mundësinë të shikoj edhe pasardhësit e tu".
12 Jozefi i tërhoqi nga gjunjët e të atit dhe u përul me fytyrën në tokë.
13 Pastaj Jozefi i mori që të dy: Efraimin në të djathtë të tij dhe në të majtë të Izraelit, Manasin në të majtë të tij dhe në të djathtë të Izraelit, dhe i afroi pranë atij.
14 Atëherë Izraeli zgjati dorën e tij të djathtë dhe e vuri mbi kryet e Efraimit që ishte më i riu, dhe vuri dorën e tij të majtë mbi kryet e Manasit duke kryqëzuar duart, ndonëse Manasi ishte i parëlinduri.
15 Kështu bekoi Jozefi dhe tha: "Perëndia, para të cilit ecën etërit e mi Abrahami dhe Isaku, Perëndia që më ka ushqyer qysh prej lindjes sime deri më sot,
16 Engjëlli që më ka çliruar nga çdo e keqe, le t’i bekojë këta fëmijë! Le të quhen me emrin tim dhe me emrin e etërve të mi Abraham dhe Isak, dhe të shumohen fort mbi tokë!".
17 Kur Jozefi pa që i ati kishte vënë dorën e djathtë mbi kokën e Efraimit, kjo nuk i pëlqeu; prandaj ai kapi dorën e atit të tij për ta hequr nga kryet e Efraimit dhe për ta vënë mbi kryet e Manasit.
18 Pastaj Jozefi i tha atit të tij: "Jo kështu, ati im, sepse i parëlinduri është ky këtu; vëre dorën tënde të djathtë mbi kryet e tij".
19 Por i ati refuzoi dhe tha: "E di, biri im, e di; edhe ai do të bëhet një popull, edhe ai do të jetë i madh; megjithatë, vëllai yt më i vogël do të bëhet më i madh se ai, dhe pasardhësit e tij do të bëhen një mori kombesh".
20 Dhe atë ditë i bekoi duke thënë: "Për ty Izraeli ka për të bekuar, duke thënë: "Perëndia të të bëj si Efraimi dhe si Manasi!"". Kështu ai e vuri Efraimin para Manasit.
21 Pastaj Izraeli i tha Jozefit: "Ja, unë kam për të vdekur pas pak, por Perëndia do të jetë me ju dhe do t’ju çojë përsëri në vendin e etërve tuaj.
22 Veç kësaj, ty po të jap një pjesë më të madhe në krahasim me vëllezërit e tu, atë që fitova nga Amorejtë me shpatën dhe harkun tim".
49 Pastaj Jakobi thirri bijtë e tij dhe tha: "Mblidhuni që unë t’ju njoftoj çfarë do t’ju ndodhë në ditët e ardhshme.
2 Mblidhuni dhe dëgjoni, o bijtë e Jakobit! Dëgjoni Izraelin, atin tuaj!
3 Ruben, ti je i parëlinduri im, forca ime, filli i fuqisë sime, i dalluar për dinjitet dhe për forcë.
4 I rrëmbyer si uji, ti nuk do të kesh epërsinë, sepse hipe mbi shtratin e atit tënd dhe e përdhose. Ai hipi mbi shtratin tim.
5 Simeoni dhe Levi janë vëllezër: shpatat e tyre janë vegla dhune.
6 Mos hyftë shpirti im në mendjen e tyre, lavdia ime mos u bashkoftë me kuvendin e tyre! Sepse në mërinë e tyre kanë vrarë njerëz, në kryeneçësinë e tyre u kanë prerë leqet e këmbëve demave.
7 Mallkuar qoftë mëria e tyre, sepse ka qënë e egër, dhe tërbimi i tyre sepse ka qënë mizor! Unë do t’i ndaj te Jakobi dhe do t’i shpërndaj te Izraeli.
8 Judë, vëllezërit e tu do të të lavdërojnë; dora jote do të jetë mbi zverkun e armiqve të tu; bijtë e atit tënd do të përkulen para teje.
9 Juda është një luan i ri; ti zë fill nga preja, biri im; ai përkulet, struket si një luan, si një luaneshë; kush guxon ta zgjojë?
10 Skeptri nuk do t’i hiqet Judës, as bastuni i komandimit nga këmbët e tij, deri sa të vijë Shilohu; dhe atij do t’i binden popujt.
11 Ai e lidh gomarin e tij të vogël në pjergull dhe kërriçin e gomaricës së tij në pjergullën më të mirë; i lan rrobat e tij në verë dhe mantelin e tij në gjakun e rrushit.
12 Ai i ka sytë të ndritura nga vera dhe dhëmbët e bardha nga qumështi.
13 Zabuloni do të banojë në breg të deteve; dhe do të përbëjë një vendstrehim për anijet; kufiri i tij do të zgjatet drejt Sidonit.
14 Isakari është një gomar i fuqishëm, i shtrirë nëpër vathë.
15 Ai e pa që çlodhja është e mirë dhe që vendi është i këndshëm; ai përkuli kurrizin për të mbajtur peshën dhe u bë një shërbëtor i punës së detyruar.
16 Dani do ta gjykojë popullin e tij, si një nga fiset e Izraelit.
17 Dani do të jetë një gjarpër në rrugë, një nepërkë nëpër shteg, që kafshon thembrat e kalit, kështu që kalorësi rrëzohet së prapthi.
18 Unë pres shpëtimin tënd, o Zot!
19 Një bandë grabitësish do të sulmojë Gadin, por edhe ai do t’i sulmojë këmba këmbës.
20 Nga Asheri do të vijë buka e shijshme dhe ai do të japë kënaqësira reale.
21 Neftali është një drenushe e lënë e lirë, ai thotë fjalë të bukura.
22 Jozefi është një degë e një druri frytdhënës; një degë e një druri frytdhënës që ndodhet pranë një burimi; degët e tij shtrihen mbi murin.
23 Harkëtarët e kanë provokuar, i kanë hedhur shigjeta, e kanë ndjekur;
24 por harku i tij ka mbetur i fortë; krahët e tij janë përforcuar nga duart e të Fuqishmit të Jakobit (e atij që është bariu dhe shkëmbi i Izraelit),
25 nga Perëndia e atit tënd që do të të ndihmojë dhe nga Shumë i Larti që do të të bekojë me bekimet e qiellit nga lart, me bekimet e humnerës që ndodhet poshtë, me bekimet e sisëve dhe gjirit të nënës.
26 Bekimet e atit tënd ua kalojnë bekimeve të të parëve të mi, deri në majat e kodrave të përjetshme. Ata do të jenë mbi kryet e Jozefit dhe mbi kurorën e atij që u nda nga vëllezërit e tij.
27 Beniamini është një ujk grabitqar; në mëngjes ha gjahun dhe në mbrëmje ndan prenë.
28 Tërë këta janë dymbëdhjetë fiset e Izraelit; dhe pikërisht këtë u tha ati i tyre kur i bekoi. I bekoi duke i dhënë secilit një bekim të veçantë.
29 Pastaj Jakobi i urdhëroi duke thënë: "Unë jam duke u ribashkuar me popullin tim; më varrosni pranë etërve të mi në shpellën që ndodhet në arën e Efron Hiteut,
30 në shpellën që është në fushën e Makpelahut përballë Mamres, në vendin e Kanaanit, atë që Abrahami bleu në arën nga Efron Hiteu, si vendvarrim, pronë e tij.
31 Atje u varrosën Abrahami dhe Sara, gruaja e tij, aty u varrosën Isaku dhe Rebeka, e shoqja, dhe aty unë varrosa Lean.
32 Ara dhe shpella që ndodhet aty u blenë nga bijtë e Hethit".
33 Kur Jakobi mbaroi së dhëni këto urdhëra bijve të tij, mblodhi këmbët në shtrat dhe vdiq; dhe u bashkua me popullin e tij.
50 Atëherë Jozefi u hodh mbi fytyrën e të atit, qau mbi të dhe e puthi.
2 Pastaj Jozefi urdhëroi mjekët që ishin në shërbim të tij të balsamosnin të atin; dhe mjekët e balsamosën Izraelin.
3 U deshën dyzet ditë, sepse e tillë ishte koha e nevojshme për balsamimin; dhe Egjiptasit e qanë shtatëdhjetë ditë.
4 Kur kaluan ditët e zisë të mbajtura për të, Jozefi foli në shtëpinë e Faraonit duke thënë: "Në qoftë se kam gjetur hirin tuaj, i thoni Faraonit këto fjalë:
5 Ati im më ka vënë të betohem dhe më ka thënë: "Ja, unë jam duke vdekur; më varros në varrin që kam gërmuar në vendin e Kanaanit". Tani, pra, më lejo të ngjitem për të varrosur atin tim, pastaj do të kthehem".
6 Faraoni u përgjegj: "Ngjitu dhe varrose atin tënd ashtu si të ka vënë të betohesh".
7 Atëherë Jozefi u ngjit për të varrosur të atin; dhe me të u ngjitën tërë shërbëtorët e Faraonit, të moshuarit e shtëpisë së tij dhe tërë të moshuarit e vendit të Egjiptit,
8 dhe tërë shtëpia e Jozefit, vëllezërit e tij dhe shtëpia e të atit. Në vendin e Goshenit lanë vetëm fëmijët e tyre të vegjël, kopetë me bagëtinë e imët dhe me bagëtinë e trashë.
9 Me të u ngjitën lart gjithashtu qerre dhe kalorës, aq sa u formua një vargan i madh njerëzish.
10 Me të arritur në lëmin e Atadit, që është përtej Jordanit, u dëgjuan vajtime të mëdha dhe solemne; dhe Jozefi mbajti shtatë ditë zi për të atin.
11 Kur banorët e vendit, Kananejtë, panë zinë në lëmin e Atadit, thanë: Kjo është një zi e madhe për Egjiptasit!!". Prandaj ai vend u quajt Abel-Mitsraim dhe ndodhet përtej Jordanit.
12 Bijtë e tij bënë për të atë që ai i kishte urdhëruar.
13 Bijtë e tij e bartën në vendin e Kanaanit dhe e varrosën në shpellën e fushës së Malkpelahut, përballë Mamres, që Abrahami e kishte blerë bashkë me arën nga Efron Hiteu, si vendvarrim, pronë e tij.
14 Mbasi varrosi të atin, Jozefi u kthye në Egjipt bashkë me vëllezërit e tij dhe me të gjithë ata që ishin ngjitur deri atje për të varrosur atin e tij.
15 Vëllezërit e Jozefit kur panë se ati i tyre vdiq, thanë: "Mos vallë Jozefi na mban inat dhe merr hak për tërë të keqen që i kemi bërë?".
16 Atëherë i çuan fjalë Jozefit: "Ati yt para se të vdiste dha këtë porosi duke thënë:
17 "Kështu do t’i thoni Jozefit: "Falu vëllezërve të tu të keqen që të kanë bërë, mëkatin e tyre, sepse të kanë bërë keq". Falu, pra, tani krimin shërbëtorëve të Perëndisë të atit tënd". Jozefi qau kur i folën kështu.
18 Pastaj erdhën edhe vëllezërit e tij dhe u shtrinë para tij, dhe i thanë: "Ja, ne jemi shërbëtorët e tu".
19 Jozefi u tha atyre: "Mos u trembni, se mos jam unë në vend të Perëndisë?.
20 Ju keni kurdisur të këqija kundër meje, por Perëndia ka dashur që t’i shërbejë së mirës, për të kryer atë që po ndodh sot: të mbash gjallë një popull të shumtë.
21 Tani, pra, mos kini frikë; unë do të siguroj ushqimin për ju dhe për bijtë tuaj". Kështu u dha zemër dhe i foli zemrës së tyre me ëmbëlsi.
22 Kështu Jozefi banoi në Egjipt, ai dhe shtëpia e të atit, dhe jetoi njëqind e dhjetë vjet.
23 Jozefi pa bijtë e Efraimit deri në brezninë e tretë; edhe bijtë e Makirit, bir i Manasit, lindën mbi gjunjët e tij.
24 Pastaj Jozefi u tha vëllezërve të tij: "Unë po vdes; por Perëndia do t’ju vizitojë me siguri dhe do t’ju çojë me siguri nga ky vend në vendin që i premtoi me betim Abrahamit, Isakut dhe Jakobit".
25 Pastaj Jozefi i vuri të betohen bijtë e Izraelit, duke thënë: "Perëndia me siguri do t’ju vizitojë; atëherë ju do t’i hiqni kockat e mia që këtej".
26 Pastaj Jozefi vdiq në moshën njëqind e dhjetë vjeç; e balsamosën dhe e futën në një arkivol në Egjipt.
Genesis 48-50
New International Version
Genesis 48-50
New International Version
Manasseh and Ephraim
48 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim(A) along with him. 2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel(B) rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.
3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[a](C) appeared to me at Luz(D) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me(E) 4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(F) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(G) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(H)
5 “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt(I) before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,(J) just as Reuben(K) and Simeon(L) are mine. 6 Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. 7 As I was returning from Paddan,[b](M) to my sorrow(N) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).(O)
8 When Israel(P) saw the sons of Joseph,(Q) he asked, “Who are these?”
9 “They are the sons God has given me here,”(R) Joseph said to his father.
Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(S) them.”
10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see.(T) So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them(U) and embraced them.(V)
11 Israel(W) said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again,(X) and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”(Y)
12 Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees(Z) and bowed down with his face to the ground.(AA) 13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand,(AB) and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel(AC) reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head,(AD) though he was the younger,(AE) and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.(AF)
15 Then he blessed(AG) Joseph and said,
“May the God before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,(AH)
the God who has been my shepherd(AI)
all my life to this day,
16 the Angel(AJ) who has delivered me from all harm(AK)
—may he bless(AL) these boys.(AM)
May they be called by my name
and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,(AN)
and may they increase greatly
on the earth.”(AO)
17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand(AP) on Ephraim’s head(AQ) he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”(AR)
19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great.(AS) Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he,(AT) and his descendants will become a group of nations.(AU)” 20 He blessed(AV) them that day(AW) and said,
“In your[c] name will Israel(AX) pronounce this blessing:(AY)
‘May God make you like Ephraim(AZ) and Manasseh.(BA)’”
So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you[d](BB) and take you[e] back to the land of your[f] fathers.(BC) 22 And to you I give one more ridge of land[g](BD) than to your brothers,(BE) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword(BF) and my bow.”
Jacob Blesses His Sons(BG)
49 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.(BH)
3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,(BK)
my might, the first sign of my strength,(BL)
excelling in honor,(BM) excelling in power.
4 Turbulent as the waters,(BN) you will no longer excel,
for you went up onto your father’s bed,
onto my couch and defiled it.(BO)
5 “Simeon(BP) and Levi(BQ) are brothers—
their swords[h] are weapons of violence.(BR)
6 Let me not enter their council,
let me not join their assembly,(BS)
for they have killed men in their anger(BT)
and hamstrung(BU) oxen as they pleased.
7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
and their fury,(BV) so cruel!(BW)
I will scatter them in Jacob
and disperse them in Israel.(BX)
8 “Judah,[i](BY) your brothers will praise you;
your hand will be on the neck(BZ) of your enemies;
your father’s sons will bow down to you.(CA)
9 You are a lion’s(CB) cub,(CC) Judah;(CD)
you return from the prey,(CE) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,(CF)
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[j]
until he to whom it belongs[k] shall come(CG)
and the obedience of the nations shall be his.(CH)
11 He will tether his donkey(CI) to a vine,
his colt to the choicest branch;(CJ)
he will wash his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.(CK)
12 His eyes will be darker than wine,
his teeth whiter than milk.[l](CL)
13 “Zebulun(CM) will live by the seashore
and become a haven for ships;
his border will extend toward Sidon.(CN)
14 “Issachar(CO) is a rawboned[m] donkey
lying down among the sheep pens.[n](CP)
15 When he sees how good is his resting place
and how pleasant is his land,(CQ)
he will bend his shoulder to the burden(CR)
and submit to forced labor.(CS)
16 “Dan[o](CT) will provide justice for his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.(CU)
17 Dan(CV) will be a snake by the roadside,
a viper along the path,(CW)
that bites the horse’s heels(CX)
so that its rider tumbles backward.
22 “Joseph(DH) is a fruitful vine,(DI)
a fruitful vine near a spring,
whose branches(DJ) climb over a wall.[r]
23 With bitterness archers attacked him;(DK)
they shot at him with hostility.(DL)
24 But his bow remained steady,(DM)
his strong arms(DN) stayed[s] limber,
because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,(DO)
because of the Shepherd,(DP) the Rock of Israel,(DQ)
25 because of your father’s God,(DR) who helps(DS) you,
because of the Almighty,[t](DT) who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
blessings of the deep springs below,(DU)
blessings of the breast(DV) and womb.(DW)
26 Your father’s blessings are greater
than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
than[u] the bounty of the age-old hills.(DX)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,(DY)
on the brow of the prince among[v] his brothers.(DZ)
27 “Benjamin(EA) is a ravenous wolf;(EB)
in the morning he devours the prey,(EC)
in the evening he divides the plunder.”(ED)
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel,(EE) and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing(EF) appropriate to him.
The Death of Jacob
29 Then he gave them these instructions:(EG) “I am about to be gathered to my people.(EH) Bury me with my fathers(EI) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,(EJ) 30 the cave in the field of Machpelah,(EK) near Mamre(EL) in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field(EM) as a burial place(EN) from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There Abraham(EO) and his wife Sarah(EP) were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah(EQ) were buried, and there I buried Leah.(ER) 32 The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.[w](ES)”
33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.(ET)
50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.(EU) 2 Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,(EV) 3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(EW)
4 When the days of mourning(EX) had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court,(EY) “If I have found favor in your eyes,(EZ) speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5 ‘My father made me swear an oath(FA) and said, “I am about to die;(FB) bury me in the tomb I dug for myself(FC) in the land of Canaan.”(FD) Now let me go up and bury my father;(FE) 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(FF) accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court(FG) 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.(FH) Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.(FI) 9 Chariots(FJ) and horsemen[x] also went up with him. It was a very large company.
10 When they reached the threshing floor(FK) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(FL) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(FM) of mourning(FN) for his father.(FO) 11 When the Canaanites(FP) who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.”(FQ) That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[y]
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:(FR) 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(FS) near Mamre,(FT) which Abraham had bought along with the field(FU) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(FV) 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.(FW)
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge(FX) against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”(FY) 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions(FZ) before he died: 17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins(GA) and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’(GB) Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.(GC)” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.(GD)
18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him.(GE) “We are your slaves,”(GF) they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?(GG) 20 You intended to harm me,(GH) but God intended(GI) it for good(GJ) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.(GK) 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.(GL)” And he reassured them and spoke kindly(GM) 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(GN) 23 and saw the third generation(GO) of Ephraim’s(GP) children.(GQ) Also the children of Makir(GR) son of Manasseh(GS) were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[z](GT)
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die.(GU) But God will surely come to your aid(GV) and take you up out of this land to the land(GW) he promised on oath to Abraham,(GX) Isaac(GY) and Jacob.”(GZ) 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath(HA) and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones(HB) up from this place.”(HC)
26 So Joseph died(HD) at the age of a hundred and ten.(HE) And after they embalmed him,(HF) he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
- Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 48:20 The Hebrew is singular.
- Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
- Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
- Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
- Genesis 48:22 The Hebrew for ridge of land is identical with the place name Shechem.
- Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Genesis 49:8 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.
- Genesis 49:10 Or from his descendants
- Genesis 49:10 Or to whom tribute belongs; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Genesis 49:12 Or will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk
- Genesis 49:14 Or strong
- Genesis 49:14 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags
- Genesis 49:16 Dan here means he provides justice.
- Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for attack and also for band of raiders.
- Genesis 49:21 Or free; / he utters beautiful words
- Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill
- Genesis 49:24 Or archers will attack … will shoot … will remain … will stay
- Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
- Genesis 49:26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as
- Genesis 49:26 Or of the one separated from
- Genesis 49:32 Or the descendants of Heth
- 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 48-50
King James Version
Genesis 48-50
King James Version
48 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
49 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
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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