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Genesis

Chapter 50

1 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 {70 days}.

4 And when the days of his mourning were past,
Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,
"If now I have found grace in your eyes,
speak, I beseech you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5
My father made me swear, saying,
Lo, I die.
In my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan,
there shall you bury me.
Now therefore let me go up,
I beseech you, and bury my father,
and I will come again."

6 And Pharaoh kept on saying,
Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you 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 kept on saying,
"This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.
Therefore 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 burying place 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 kept on saying,
"Joseph will peradventure hate us,
and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him."

{Brother's Lie to Joseph - More Human Viewpoint}
16-17^~And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying,
your father did command before he died, saying, 17^~
"So shall you say unto Joseph,
Forgive, I beseech you now,
the trespass of your brethren,
and their sin
for they did unto you evil.
And now, we beseech you,
forgive the trespass
of the servants of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of your father."
And Joseph wept
when they spoke unto him
  {why? because he realized that his brothers were still baby believers - no maturity}.

{Note: This demonstrated the meanness of the souls of the brothers. They judged Joseph by 'what they would do in his place' instead of the pattern of the Grace of God. So they thought with Jacob dead Joseph would take his revenge on them now. Even believers often impute to others their own 'trends of their Old Sin Nature' and their incorrect motivations in life. Luck for them, Joseph did not share their smallness in soul.}

{Cowards and Bullies Fall Apart When Braced}
18^~ And his brethren also went and fell down before his face;
and they kept on saying,
"Behold, we . . . {are} your slaves/servants {`ebed}
  {crawling for their lives! They do not understand Grace.}."

19~~And Joseph kept on saying unto them,
"Fear not!
I am not in the place of 'Elohiym/Godhead."

{Note: This means Joseph has put the matter in the hands of the Lord and has forgotten it personally. He has no intention in extracting revenge on his brothers - grace. God's man returns evil with GOOD. The fleshly/human response is to return evil with evil. And, Satan's man will respond evil when you do good!}

20^~"But as for you {Joseph's brothers},
you thought evil against me
  {mental attitude sins - see chapter 37:4-5,8,11}
but 'Elohiym/God, only God, meant it for good {see Romans 8:28},
to bring to pass,
as it is this day,
to save many people alive."

21^~"Now therefore fear you not.
I {Joseph} will nourish you {his brothers},
and your little ones."
And he comforted them,
and spoke/communicated categorically' {dabar}
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.

24-25^^ And Joseph kept on saying unto his brethren,
"I die and 'Elohiym/God will surely visit you,
and bring you out of this land
unto the land which he swore to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob." 25^^
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying,
" 'Elohiym/God will surely visit you,
and you shall carry up my bones from hence."

{Note: This promise of Joseph was a great comfort to the Jews in captivity in Egypt. Carrying Joseph's bones back to the Promised Land becomes the 'bible doctrine' that keeps the Jews in slavery in Egypt going. When the Exodus generation leaves Egypt, Joseph's coffin leads the way.}

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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