Genesis 50 Updates
Genesis 50:1
KJV: 1 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
KJVu: 1 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.
Genesis 50:2
KJV: 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
KJVu: 2 Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis 50:3
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 3 And 40 days were fulfilled for him , for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed . The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
Genesis 50:4
KJV: 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,
KJVu: 4 When the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Notes: "Grace" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2580 with a Strong’s definition of "favor, grace."
Genesis 50:5
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 5 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. In my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. " Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.'"
Genesis 50:6
KJV: 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
KJVu: 6 Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, accordingly, as he made you swear. "
Genesis 50:7
KJV: 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,
KJVu: 7 So Joseph went up to bury his father . With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
Genesis 50:8
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 8 and all the house of Joseph, 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.
Genesis 50:9
KJV: 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company.
KJVu: 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen . It was a very great company.
Genesis 50:10
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very grievous wailing, and he mourned for his father seven days.
Notes:
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"Sore" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3515 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "so great, grievous, hardened, too heavier, laden, much, slow, sore, -|- From kabad; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid) — (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick."
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"Lamentation" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H4553 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "noun masculine Genesis 50:10 wailing."
Genesis 50:11
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians ." Therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Notes: "Floor" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1637 with a Strong’s definition of "threshing floor."
Genesis 50:12
KJV: 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them :
KJVu: 12 And his sons did to him just as he commanded them .
Genesis 50:13
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burying place.
Genesis 50:14
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 14 Joseph returned to Egypt after he had buried his father, he, his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father.
Genesis 50:15
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and will certainly return to us all the evil which we did to him. "
Notes: "Requite" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7725 with a Strong’s definition of "to turn back, return."
Genesis 50:16
KJV: 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
KJVu: 16 So they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded us before he died, saying,
Genesis 50:17
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 17 'YOU shall say to Joseph, "Now please forgive the trespass of your brothers, and their sin . For they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. " And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Genesis 50:18
KJV: 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
KJVu: 18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face , and they said, "Behold, we are your servants. "
Genesis 50:19
KJV: 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
KJVu: 19 Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?
Genesis 50:20
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 20 But as for you, YOU meant evil against me , but God meant it for good, that it may come to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Notes:
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"Thought" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2803. KJV later in the verse traslated H2803 as "meant."
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Coverdale Bible of 1535 also used the language "come to pass"
Genesis 50:21
KJV: 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
KJVu: 21 Now therefore do not fear. I will feed you, and your little ones. " And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Genesis 50:22
KJV: 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
KJVu: 22 Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house . Joseph lived 110 years.
Genesis 50:23
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation , the children of Machir the son of Manasseh were also brought up on Joseph’s behalf.
Notes: "Brought up upon Joseph’s knees." is a Hebrew practice at that time to "count" the child as his own. See detailed description from Genesis 30:3.
Genesis 50:24
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 24 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land into the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. "
Genesis 50:25
KJV: 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.
KJVu: 25 Then Joseph made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, "God will surely visit you, and YOU shall carry up my bones from here."
Notes: "Took an" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7650 with a Strong’s definition of "to swear."
Genesis 50:26
KJV: 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
KJVu: 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old , and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.