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Genesis 50

Genesis 50 closes the book with mourning, burial, forgiveness, and future hope. Joseph has Jacob embalmed, and a large Egyptian-Canaanite procession carries him to Machpelah for burial. After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers fear retaliation and appeal for forgiveness. Joseph weeps and answers that although they meant evil against him, God meant it for good to save many people alive. Joseph lives to see later generations, then dies at 110 after making Israel swear to carry his bones up when God visits them and brings them to the promised land.

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Genesis 50 closes the book with mourning, burial, forgiveness, and future hope. Joseph has Jacob embalmed, and a large Egyptian-Canaanite procession carries him to Machpelah for burial. After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers fear retaliation and appeal for forgiveness. Joseph weeps and answers that although they meant evil against him, God meant it for good to save many people alive. Joseph lives to see later generations, then dies at 110 after making Israel swear to carry his bones up when God visits them and brings them to the promised land.

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Verses 1–6Joseph mourns Jacob and receives permission to bury himVerses 7–14Jacob is buried in CanaanVerses 15–21Joseph comforts his fearful brothersVerses 22–26Joseph dies in Egypt with hope of God's promise
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1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon…2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his…3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are…4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph…5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in…6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according…7And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with…8And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and…9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen:…10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is…11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw…12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded…13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan,…14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and…15And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead,…16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father…17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee…18And his brethren also went and fell down before his…19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I…20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but…21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and…22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house:…23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the…24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God…25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel,…26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old:…