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Genesis Chapter 50

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וַיִּפֹּ֥ל יוֹסֵ֖ף עַל־פְּנֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ עָלָ֖יו וַיִּשַּׁק־לֽוֹ׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif fell on the face of his father, and wept over him and kissed him.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef fell on his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph fell on his father's face, and he wept over him, and he kissed him.

וַיְצַ֨ו יוֹסֵ֤ף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו֙ אֶת־הָרֹ֣פְאִ֔ים לַחֲנֹ֖ט אֶת־אָבִ֑יו וַיַּחַנְט֥וּ הָרֹפְאִ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father and the physicians embalmed Yisrael.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Yisra᾽el.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

וַיִּמְלְאוּ־לוֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ מִצְרַ֖יִם שִׁבְעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

They completed forty days [of embalmment] for him, for that is the number of days required for embalming. The Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And forty days were fulfilled for him: for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed: and Miżrayim wept for him seventy days.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And forty days were completed for him, the days of embalming thus being completed, and Egypt mourned him seventy days [(from the beginning of the embalming) for he had brought blessing upon them, the famine ending and the waters of the Nile being blessed].

וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י בְכִית֔וֹ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶל־בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֕א בְּאׇזְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

[When] the days of weeping were over, Yoseif spoke to the house of Pharaoh saying, If I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in Pharaoh’s ears, saying.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And when the days of his mourning were past, Yosef spoke to the house of Par῾o, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Par῾o, saying,

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And the days of weeping passed, and Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying: If I have found favor in your eyes, speak thus, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh:

אָבִ֞י הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי לֵאמֹ֗ר הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִי֮ מֵת֒ בְּקִבְרִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרִ֤יתִי לִי֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן שָׁ֖מָּה תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִי וְעַתָּ֗ה אֶֽעֱלֶה־נָּ֛א וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־אָבִ֖י וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

My father made me swear [an oath] saying, Behold I am dying. In my grave that I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore, please, I would go up and bury my father, and then I will return.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Kena῾an there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

My father adjured me, saying: I am going to die. In my grave, which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan — there shall you bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will return.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֑ה עֲלֵ֛ה וּקְבֹ֥ר אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Pharaoh said, Go up and bury your father, just as he made you swear.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Par῾o said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Pharaoh said: Go up and bury your father, as he adjured you. [If not for your oath I would not let you go.]

וַיַּ֥עַל יוֹסֵ֖ף לִקְבֹּ֣ר אֶת־אָבִ֑יו וַיַּֽעֲל֨וּ אִתּ֜וֹ כׇּל־עַבְדֵ֤י פַרְעֹה֙ זִקְנֵ֣י בֵית֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל זִקְנֵ֥י אֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif went up to bury his father; and with him went up all Pharaohs servant’s, the elders of this house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Par῾o, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Miżrayim.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph went up to bury his father, and there went up with him all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt.

וְכֹל֙ בֵּ֣ית יוֹסֵ֔ף וְאֶחָ֖יו וּבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יו רַ֗ק טַפָּם֙ וְצֹאנָ֣ם וּבְקָרָ֔ם עָזְב֖וּ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

And all Yoseif’s household, his brothers and his father’s household. Only their little ones, their sheep and their cattle did they leave behind in the land of Goshen.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And all the house of Yosef, and his brothers, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And all the house of Joseph and his brothers and his fathers' house. Only their little ones and their flocks and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.

וַיַּ֣עַל עִמּ֔וֹ גַּם־רֶ֖כֶב גַּם־פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וַיְהִ֥י הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כָּבֵ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

With him also went up chariots and horsemen. It was a very imposing camp.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And there went up with him also chariots, also horsemen. And the camp was greatly laden.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־גֹּ֣רֶן הָאָטָ֗ד אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־שָׁ֔ם מִסְפֵּ֛ד גָּד֥וֹל וְכָבֵ֖ד מְאֹ֑ד וַיַּ֧עַשׂ לְאָבִ֛יו אֵ֖בֶל שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

They came to the threshing place of Atad, which is on the other side of the Jordan, and there they eulogized [him and held] a very great and imposing funeral. He [Yoseif] made seven days of mourning for his father.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Yarden, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad [so called because it was surrounded by thorns (atadim)] on the other side of the Jordan, and they made great and sore lamentation there, and he made mourning for his father, seven days.

וַיַּ֡רְא יוֹשֵׁב֩ הָאָ֨רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת־הָאֵ֗בֶל בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְמִצְרָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

The Canaanites who lived in the land saw the mourning in the threshing place of Atad, and they said, This is heavy mourning for Egypt. It was therefore named Egypt’s Mourning, which is on the other side of the Jordan.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Kena῾ani, saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to Miżrayim: so that the name of it was called Avel-miżrayim, which is beyond the Yarden.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaani, saw the mourning in the threshing floor of Atad, and they said: This is great mourning (evel) for Egypt, wherefore they called it Evel-Mitzrayim, which is beyond the Jordan.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ בָנָ֖יו ל֑וֹ כֵּ֖ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּֽם׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

His sons did for him as he commanded them.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them:

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And his sons did to him thus, as he had commanded them [viz. (13)]:

וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ בָנָיו֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ בִּמְעָרַ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָנָה֩ אַבְרָהָ֨ם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֗בֶר מֵאֵ֛ת עֶפְרֹ֥ן הַחִתִּ֖י עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

His sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpeilah, which Avraham purchased along with the field, for a possession as a burial place, from Ephron, the Chittite, facing Mamrei.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

for his sons carried him into the land of Kena῾an, and buried him in the cave of the field of Makhpela, which Avraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace from ῾Efron the Ḥittite, before Mamre.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And his sons [and not his sons' sons (who were born of Canaanite women)] bore him [in the positions he assigned to them (corresponding to the traveling order of the flags in the desert)] to the land of Canaan, and they buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which field Abraham had bought as a burial holding from Efron the Chitti before Mamre.

וַיָּ֨שׇׁב יוֹסֵ֤ף מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ ה֣וּא וְאֶחָ֔יו וְכׇל־הָעֹלִ֥ים אִתּ֖וֹ לִקְבֹּ֣ר אֶת־אָבִ֑יו אַחֲרֵ֖י קׇבְר֥וֹ אֶת־אָבִֽיו׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all those who went with him, to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef returned to Miżrayim, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers [first] and all who went up with him [(as opposed to their leaving, when the Egyptians went first (8), the Egyptians granting them precedence after witnessing the honor accorded them by the kings of Canaan)] to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֲחֵֽי־יוֹסֵף֙ כִּי־מֵ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ ל֥וּ יִשְׂטְמֵ֖נוּ יוֹסֵ֑ף וְהָשֵׁ֤ב יָשִׁיב֙ לָ֔נוּ אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּמַ֖לְנוּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif’s brothers saw that their father was dead, and they said, Perhaps Yoseif still bears a grudge against us. He will then certainly repay us for all the evil that we did him.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And when Yosef’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, What if Yosef will hate us, and will pay us back the evil which we did to him.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And the brothers of Joseph saw that their father was dead [i.e., his death was made "manifest" in Joseph's no longer inviting them to dine with him, as he had before in his father's honor], and they said: Perhaps Joseph will hate us and will requite unto us all of the evil which we caused him.

וַיְצַוּ֕וּ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר אָבִ֣יךָ צִוָּ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י מוֹת֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

They sent a command to Yoseif saying, Your father issued a command before his death, saying,

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And they sent word urgently to Yosef, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And they appointed [the sons of Bilhah as messengers] to Joseph to say: Your father commanded before his death, saying [(He had not so commanded, but they "dissimulated for the sake of peace")]:

כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף אָ֣נָּ֡א שָׂ֣א נָ֠א פֶּ֣שַׁע אַחֶ֤יךָ וְחַטָּאתָם֙ כִּי־רָעָ֣ה גְמָל֔וּךָ וְעַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א נָ֔א לְפֶ֥שַׁע עַבְדֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֑יךָ וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּדַבְּרָ֥ם אֵלָֽיו׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

This is what you should say to Yoseif, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you. And now please forgive the transgr ession of the servants of the God of your father. Yoseif wept as his brothers spoke to him.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

So shall you say to Yosef, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brothers, and their sin; for they did evil to thee: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Yosef wept when they spoke to him.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

Thus shall you say to Joseph: "Forgive, I pray you, the offense of your brothers and their sin. For they requited evil unto you." And now, we pray you, forgive the offense of the servants of the G d of your father. [Though your father is dead, his G d lives, and they are His servants.] And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ גַּם־אֶחָ֔יו וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

His brothers also went and threw themselves down before him, and they said, Behold, we are your slaves.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And his brothers even went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And his brothers also went [in addition to their deputation], and they fell before him and they said: Behold, we are your servants.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֛ם יוֹסֵ֖ף אַל־תִּירָ֑אוּ כִּ֛י הֲתַ֥חַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים אָֽנִי׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif said to them, Fear not. For am I in place of Elohim?

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph said to them: Do not fear, for am I in the place of G d? [If He protected me from all of you, how could I alone injure you?]

וְאַתֶּ֕ם חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖י רָעָ֑ה אֱלֹהִים֙ חֲשָׁבָ֣הּ לְטֹבָ֔ה לְמַ֗עַן עֲשֹׂ֛ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת עַם־רָֽב׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

You meant to do evil to me, but Elohim meant it for good, in order to do as it is today, to preserve the lives of a great people.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it to pass at this day that much people should be saved alive.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And you thought evil against me. G d thought it for good, in order to do as this day to give life to a great populace.

וְעַתָּה֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אוּ אָנֹכִ֛י אֲכַלְכֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶֽת־טַפְּכֶ֑ם וַיְנַחֵ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־לִבָּֽם׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

And now, fear not. I will provide for you and your little ones. He comforted them and spoke to their hearts.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

Now therefore fear not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And now, do not fear. I will sustain you and your little ones. And he comforted them and he spoke to their hearts [reassuringly].

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב יוֹסֵף֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם ה֖וּא וּבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יו וַיְחִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif lived in Egypt, he and his father’s household. Yoseif lived one hundred and ten years.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef dwelt in Miżrayim, he, and his father’s house: and Yosef lived a hundred and ten years.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph abode in Egypt, he and his father's house. And Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

וַיַּ֤רְא יוֹסֵף֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּנֵ֖י שִׁלֵּשִׁ֑ים גַּ֗ם בְּנֵ֤י מָכִיר֙ בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה יֻלְּד֖וּ עַל־בִּרְכֵּ֥י יוֹסֵֽף׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif saw Ephraim’s children of the third generations. The children of Machir, Menasheh’s son, were born on Yoseif’s knees.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef saw Efrayim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Makhir the son of Menashshe were born on Yosef’s knees.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph saw of Ephraim sons of the third generation. Also the sons of Machir the son of Menasheh were raised on Joseph's knees.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־אֶחָ֔יו אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ֑ת וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים פָּקֹ֧ד יִפְקֹ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֗ם וְהֶעֱלָ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙ מִן־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֛ע לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif said to his brothers, I will die, and Elohim will surely consider you and bring you up out of this land, to the land which He swore to Avraham, Yitzchok and to Yaakov.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land of which He swore to Avraham, to Yiżĥaq, and to Ya῾aqov.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph said to his brothers: I am dying, and G d shall remember you and bring you up from this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר פָּקֹ֨ד יִפְקֹ֤ד אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְהַעֲלִתֶ֥ם אֶת־עַצְמֹתַ֖י מִזֶּֽה׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif made the sons of Yisrael swear, saying, Elohim will surely consider you, and you shall bring my bones up from here.

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Yosef took an oath of the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph beswore the children of Israel, saying: G d will remember you and you will bring up my bones from here.

וַיָּ֣מׇת יוֹסֵ֔ף בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִ֑ים וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם בָּאָר֖וֹן בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃

Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009

Yoseif died being a hundred and ten years old. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt. Chazak

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

So Yosef died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Miżrayim.

The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten, and they embalmed him, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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