Genesis 50:1
וַיִפֹּ֥ל יוֹסֵ֖ף עַל־פְּנֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו
Then Joseph fell upon the face of his father;
וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ עָלָ֖יו וַיִּשַּׁק־לֽוֹ׃
And he wept over him,
and he kissed him;
Genesis 50:2
וַיְצַ֨ו יוֹסֵ֤ף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו֙ אֶת־הָרֹ֣פְאִ֔ים
Then Joseph commissioned his servants,
the physicians,
לַחֲנֹ֖ט אֶת־אָבִ֑יו
to embalm his father;
וַיַּחַנְט֥וּ הָרֹפְאִ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Thus the physicians embalmed Israel;
Genesis 50:3
וַיִּמְלְאוּ־לוֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם
And forty days were fulfilled for him,
כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים
Because thus would be completed
the days of the embalmment;
וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ מִצְרַ֖יִם שִׁבְעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃
And Egypt wept for him, for seventy days.
Genesis 50:4
וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י בְכִית֔וֹ
When the days of weeping for him were over,
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶל־בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר
Then Joseph spoke,
To the household of Pharaoh, saying:
אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם
If I have now found favour in your eyes,
דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֕א בְּאָזְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃
Please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:”
Genesis 50:5
אָבִ֞י הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי לֵאמֹ֗ר
“My father, he made me pledge absolutely by saying:
הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִי֮ מֵת֒
‘Behold I am about to die:
בְּקִבְרִ֗י
In my sepulchre,
אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרִ֤יתִי לִי֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן
That which I hollowed out for myself in the land of Canaan,
שָׁ֖מָּה תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִי
There you must inter me.’ ”
וְעַתָּ֗ה
“And now,
אֶֽעֱלֶה־נָּ֛א וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־אָבִ֖י וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃
Let me go up please that I may inter my father,
and I will come back.”
Genesis 50:6
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֑ה
And Pharaoh said:
עֲלֵ֛ה וּקְבֹ֥ר אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ
“Go up then inter your father,
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃
Seeing that he made you pledge absolutely.”
Genesis 50:7
וַיַּ֥עַל יוֹסֵ֖ף לִקְבֹּ֣ר אֶת־אָבִ֑יו
So Joseph went up, to inter his father;
וַיּֽ͏ַעֲל֨וּ אִתּ֜וֹ
And they went up with him, —
כָּל־עַבְדֵ֤י פַרְעֹה֙ זִקְנֵ֣י בֵית֔וֹ
All of Pharaoh’s servants,
the elders of his house,
וְכֹ֖ל זִקְנֵ֥י אֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרָֽיִם׃
And so all the elders of the land of Egypt;
Genesis 50:8
וְכֹל֙ בֵּ֣ית יוֹסֵ֔ף וְאֶחָ֖יו וּבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יו
Together with all of the house of Joseph,
and his brothers and the house of his father;
רַ֗ק טַפָּם֙ וְצֹאנָ֣ם וּבְקָרָ֔ם
Only their little ones,
and their flocks and their herds,
עָזְב֖וּ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃
They had left behind,
in the land of Goshen;
Genesis 50:9
וַיַּ֣עַל עִמּ֔וֹ גַּם־רֶ֖כֶב גַּם־פָּרָשִׁ֑ים
And went up along with him,
both war chariotry together with charioteer;
וַיְהִ֥י הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כָּבֵ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃
And so the host was exceedingly numerous;
Genesis 50:10
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־גֹּ֣רֶן הָאָטָ֗ד
And they came as far as
the open space of the buckthorn,
אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן
That which is at the Crossing of the Jordan,
וַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־שָׁ֔ם מִסְפֵּ֛ד גָּד֥וֹל וְכָבֵ֖ד מְאֹ֑ד
And there they commenced the lament,
A very great and solemn wailing;
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ לְאָבִ֛יו אֵ֖בֶל שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃
And he made for his father seven days of lamentation;
Genesis 50:11
וַיַּ֡רְא יוֹשֵׁב֩ הָאָ֨רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת־הָאֵ֗בֶל
And the inhabitant of the Canaanite land
took note of the mourning,
בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
At the open space of the buckthorn,
and they said,
אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְמִצְרָ֑יִם
“This is heavy mourning with reference to Egypt;”
עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם
On this basis he had named it ‘Abel Mizraim’
(The Mourning of Egypt),
אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
Which is at the Crossing of the Jordan;
Genesis 50:12
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ בָנָ֖יו ל֑וֹ
And so his sons did for him,
כֵּ֖ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּֽם׃
Just so,
according as he had commanded them;
Genesis 50:13
וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ בָנָיו֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן
And his sons carried him to the land of Canaan,
וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ
And they interred him,
בִּמְעָרַ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה
In the cave of the field of Machpelah (the Doubling);
אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָנָה֩ אַבְרָהָ֨ם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה
The field which Abraham had purchased,
לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֗בֶר
for the burial place possession,
מֵאֵ֛ת עֶפְרֹ֥ן הַחִתִּ֖י
from Ephron the Hittite, —
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃ס
Facing Mamre (Hebron).
Genesis 50:14
וַיָּ֨שָׁב יוֹסֵ֤ף מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ ה֣וּא וְאֶחָ֔יו
And Joseph returned to Egypt,
he and his brothers,
וְכָל־הָעֹלִ֥ים אִתּ֖וֹ
And all those who went up with him
לִקְבֹּ֣ר אֶת־אָבִ֑יו
in order to inter his father:
אַחֲרֵ֖י קָבְר֥וֹ אֶת־אָבִֽיו׃
After he interred his father;
Genesis 50:15
וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף֙ כִּי־מֵ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֔ם
Now the brothers of Joseph took note
that their father was dead,
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ ל֥וּ יִשְׂטְמֵ֖נוּ יוֹסֵ֑ף
and they thought,
“Oh if Joseph bears us enmity,
וְהָשֵׁ֤ב יָשִׁיב֙ לָ֔נוּ
Then he will definitely give back to us
אֵ֚ת כָּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה
All the evil,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּמַ֖לְנוּ אֹתֽוֹ׃
That which we did to him;”
Genesis 50:16
וַיְצַוּ֕וּ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר
Then they commissioned,
concerning Joseph,
in stating:
אָבִ֣יךָ צִוָּ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י מוֹת֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃
“Your father commanded,
before his death, saying: —”
Genesis 50:17
כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף
“Thus shall ye say to Joseph:
אָ֣נָּ֡א שָׂ֣א נָ֠א
‘Ah please, please forgive
פֶּ֣שַׁע אַחֶ֤יךָ וְחַטָּאתָם֙ כִּי־רָעָ֣ה גְמָל֔וּךָ
The transgression of your brothers
and their wrongful deed,
that malignity they dealt to you,
וְעַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א נָ֔א לְפֶ֥שַׁע עַבְדֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֑יךָ
So now please forgive for that transgression
of the servants of the God of your father;’ ”
וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּדַבְּרָ֥ם אֵלָֽיו׃
And Joseph wept when they spoke to him;
Genesis 50:18
וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ גַּם־אֶחָ֔יו
And moreover his brothers went,
וֽ͏ַיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו
and they fell down before him;
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃
And they said:
“Behold we are yours,
for slaves!”
Genesis 50:19
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֛ם יוֹסֵ֖ף אַל־תִּירָ֑אוּ
But Joseph said to them,
“Ye must not fear;
כִּ֛י הֲתַ֥חַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים אָֽנִי׃
For am I in place of God!”
Genesis 50:20
וְאַתֶּ֕ם חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖י רָעָ֑ה
“Now ye, ye had devised evil against me;
אֱלֹהִים֙ חֲשָׁבָ֣הּ לְטֹבָ֔ה
God had planned it into good,
לְמַ֗עַן עֲשֹׂ֛ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה
In order to be creating
the like of this day,
לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת עַם־רָֽב׃
To be keeping alive a numerous people;”
Genesis 50:21
וְעַתָּה֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אוּ
“And so now, ye must not fear, —
אָנֹכִ֛י אֲכַלְכֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶֽת־טַפְּכֶ֑ם
I myself will sustain you,
together with your little ones.”
וַיְנַחֵ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־לִבָּֽם׃ס
And he comforted them,
and he spoke to their hearts.
Genesis 50:22
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב יוֹסֵף֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt,
ה֖וּא וּבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יו
He and the house of his father;
וַיְחִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃
And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years;
Genesis 50:23
וַיַּ֤רְא יוֹסֵף֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם
So Joseph saw of Ephraim,
בְּנֵ֖י שִׁלֵּשִׁ֑ים
Sons of a third generation;
גַּ֗ם בְּנֵ֤י מָכִיר֙ בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
In addition, the sons of Machir (meaning: sold),
the son of Manasseh,
יֻלְּד֖וּ עַל־בִּרְכֵּ֥י יוֹסֵֽף׃
They were begotten upon the knees of Joseph;
Genesis 50:24
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־אֶחָ֔יו
Then Joseph said to his brethren:
אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ֑ת
“I am about to die,
וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים פָּקֹ֧ד יִפְקֹ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֗ם
But God,
He will most certainly visit and muster you,
וְהֶעֱלָ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙ מִן־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את
And He will lead you up,
away from this land,
אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ
towards that land,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֛ע לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
that which He Himself pledged
to Abraham to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Genesis 50:25
וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר
And Joseph made the sons of Israel pledge absolutely,
saying:
פָּקֹ֨ד יִפְקֹ֤ד אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם
“God will most certainly visit and muster you,
וְהַעֲלִתֶ֥ם אֶת־עַצְמֹתַ֖י מִזֶּֽה׃
And you will carry up my remains, away from here.”
Genesis 50:26
וַיָּ֣מָת יוֹסֵ֔ף בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִ֑ים
And Joseph died,
a son of one hundred and ten years;
וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ
And they embalmed him,
וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם בָּאָר֖וֹן בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ס
Then he was set into the (his) sarcophagus,
in Egypt.
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