Genesis 50
- 1And Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him.
- 2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
- 3And forty days were fulfilled for him, for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
- 4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
- 5My father made me swear, saying, I die. In my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.
- 6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear.
- 7And 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,
- 8And 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.
- 9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. And it was a very great company.
- 10And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very bitter lamentation. And he made a mourning for his father seven days.
- 11And when the people of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a time of deep mourning for the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
- 12And his sons did to him according as he commanded them.
- 13For 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 burial place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
- 14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
- 15And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly pay us back all the evil which we did to him.
- 16And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,
- 17So you shall say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the sin of your brothers, and their sin, for they did to you evil. And now, we pray you, forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
- 18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face. And they said, We be your servants.
- 19And Joseph said to them, Do not fear. For am I in the place of God?
- 20But as for you, you thought evil against me. But God meant it to good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- 21Now therefore do not fear. I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
- 22And Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. And Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
- 23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph's knees.
- 24And Joseph said to his brothers, I die. And God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- 25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.
- 26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Genesis 50 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him.
KJVAnd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd forty days were fulfilled for him, for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
KJVAnd 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,
GIGAKJVAnd when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
KJVMy 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.
GIGAKJVMy father made me swear, saying, I die. In my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.
KJVAnd Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
GIGAKJVAnd Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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.
KJVAnd there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
GIGAKJVAnd there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. And it was a very great company.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very bitter lamentation. And he made a mourning for his father seven days.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd when the people of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a time of deep mourning for the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
KJVAnd his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
GIGAKJVAnd his sons did to him according as he commanded them.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor 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 burial place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly pay us back all the evil which we did to him.
KJVAnd they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo you shall say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the sin of your brothers, and their sin, for they did to you evil. And now, we pray you, forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
KJVAnd his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
GIGAKJVAnd his brothers also went and fell down before his face. And they said, We be your servants.
KJVAnd Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph said to them, Do not fear. For am I in the place of God?
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut as for you, you thought evil against me. But God meant it to good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
KJVNow therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
GIGAKJVNow therefore do not fear. I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
KJVAnd Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. And Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph's knees.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph said to his brothers, I die. And God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
KJVAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.
KJVSo Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
GIGAKJVSo Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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