Gen 47:28-50:26 | NASB2020 | STEP | And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years ; so the length of Jacob’s life was 147 years .

Genesis 47:28-31

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for ^aseventeen years; so the ^{▼▼Lit days of Jacob, the years of his life}length of Jacob’s life was 147 years.

29 When ^{▼▼Lit the days of Israel
,} ^dthe time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, ^eplace your hand under my thigh now and ^fdeal with me in kindness and ^{▼▼Lit truth}faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I ^{▼▼I.e., die
,} ⁱlie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in ^jtheir burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.” 31 And he said, “ ^kSwear to me.” So he swore to him. Then ^lIsrael bowed in worship at the head of the bed.

Genesis 48

Israel’s Last Days

1 Now it came about after these things that ^{▼▼Lit one said to Joseph}Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons ⁿManasseh and Ephraim with him. 2 When ^{▼▼Lit one told Jacob and said}it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel ^{▼▼Lit strengthened himself}collected his strength and sat ^{▼▼Lit upon the bed}up in the bed. 3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “ ^{▼▼Heb El Shaddai
,} ^sGod Almighty appeared to me at ^tLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants after you as ^van everlasting possession.’ 5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; ^wEphraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as ^xReuben and Simeon are. 6 But your children that you have fathered after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the ^{▼▼Lit name}names of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 Now as for me, when I came from ^zPaddan, ^aaRachel died, ^{▼▼Lit upon me}to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

8 When Israel ^acsaw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” 9 And Joseph said to his father, “ ^adThey are my sons, whom God has given me here.” So he said, “Bring them to me, please, so that ^aeI may bless them.” 10 Now ^afthe eyes of Israel were so ^{▼▼Lit dull}dim from age that he could not see. And ^{▼▼Lit he}Joseph brought them close to him, and he ^aikissed them and embraced them. 11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I never ^{▼▼Lit assumed}expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your ^{▼▼Lit seed}children as well!” 12 Then Joseph ^{▼▼Lit made them come out}took them from his knees, and ^ambowed with his face to the ground. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although ^anManasseh was the firstborn. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said,
“ ^aoThe God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
^apThe God who has been my shepherd ^{▼▼Lit from the continuance of me}all my life to this day,
16 ^arThe angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
^asBless the boys;
And may my name ^{▼▼Lit be called}live on in them,
And the ^{▼▼Lit name}names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And ^avmay they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

17 When Joseph saw that his father ^awplaced his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and ^axhis ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants shall become ^{▼▼Lit the fullness}a multitude of nations.” 20 So ^bahe blessed them that day, saying,
“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,
‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”

And so he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but ^bbGod will be with you, and ^bcbring you back to the land of your fathers. 22 And I give you one ^{▼▼Or ridge; lit shoulder; Heb Shechem}portion more than your brothers, ^bewhich I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

Genesis 49

Jacob’s Prophecy concerning His Sons

1 Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves, so that I may tell you what will happen to you ^bfin the ^{▼▼Lit end of the days}days to come.
2 “Gather together and listen, sons of Jacob;
Yes, ^bhlisten to Israel your father.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,
My might and ^bithe beginning of my strength,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4 “ ^{▼▼Or Gushing over}Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
^bkBecause you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it--he went up to my couch.

5 “ ^blSimeon and Levi are brothers;
Their ^{▼▼Or plans; meaning uncertain}swords are implements of violence.
6 “ ^bnMay my soul not enter into their council;
May my glory not be united with their assembly;
For in their anger they killed ^{▼▼Lit a man}men,
And in their self-will they lamed ^{▼▼Lit an ox}oxen.
7 “Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel.
^bqI will scatter them in Jacob,
And disperse them among Israel.

8 “As for you, Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
^brYour father’s sons shall bow down to you.
9 “Judah is a ^bslion’s cub;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^btHe ^{▼▼Lit bows down}crouches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a ^{▼▼Lit lioness}lion, who ^{▼▼Lit shall}dares to stir him up?
10 “ ^bxThe scepter will not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
^{▼▼Or Until he comes to Shiloh; or Until he comes to whom it belongs}Until Shiloh comes,
And ^bzto him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 “ ^caHe ties his foal to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;
^cbHe washes his garments in wine,
And his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 “His eyes are ^{▼▼Or darker than}dull from wine,
And his teeth ^{▼▼Or whiter than}white from milk.

13 “ ^ceZebulun will reside at the seashore;
And he shall be ^{▼▼Lit a shore of ships}a harbor for ships,
And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

14 “Issachar is a ^{▼▼Lit donkey of bone}strong donkey,
^chLying down between the sheepfolds.
15 “When he saw that a resting place was good
And that the land was pleasant,
He bowed his shoulder to carry burdens,
And became a slave at forced labor.

16 “ ^ciDan shall ^cjjudge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
17 “Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
A horned viper in the path,
That bites the horse’s heels,
So that its rider falls backward.
18 “ ^ckFor Your salvation I wait, Lord.

19 “ ^clAs for Gad, a band of raiders shall attack him,
But he will attack at their ^{▼▼Lit heel}heels.

20 “ ^{▼▼Lit From
,} ^coAs for ^cpAsher, his ^{▼▼Or bread}food shall be ^{▼▼Lit fat}rich,
And he will yield royal delicacies.

21 “ ^csNaphtali is a doe let loose;
He utters beautiful words.

22 “ ^ctJoseph is a fruitful ^{▼▼Lit son}branch,
A fruitful ^{▼▼Lit son}branch by a spring;
Its ^{▼▼Lit daughters}branches hang over a wall.
23 “The archers provoked him,
And shot at him and were hostile toward him;
24 But his ^cxbow remained ^{▼▼I.e., in an unyielding position}firm,
And ^{▼▼Lit the arms of his hands
,} ^dahis arms were agile,
From the hands of the ^dbMighty One of Jacob
(From there is ^dcthe Shepherd, ^ddthe Stone of Israel),
25 From ^dethe God of your father who helps you,
And ^{▼▼Or with
,} ^dgby the ^{▼▼Heb Shaddai}Almighty who blesses you
With ^diblessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 “The blessings of your father
Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors
Up to the ^{▼▼Lit limit; or desire}furthest boundary of ^dkthe everlasting hills;
May they be on the head of Joseph,
And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ^{▼▼Lit a wolf that tears}ravenous wolf;
In the morning he devours the prey,
And in the evening he divides the spoils.”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them ^{▼▼Lit and}when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one ^{▼▼Lit according to his blessing}with the blessing appropriate to him.

Jacob Dies

29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am about to be ^dogathered to my people; ^dpbury me with my fathers in the cave that is in ^dqthe field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the ^drcave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a ^{▼▼Lit possession of a burial place}burial site. 31 There they buried ^dtAbraham and his wife ^duSarah, there they buried ^dvIsaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah-- 32 the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth.” 33 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and ^dwbreathed his last, and was ^dxgathered to his people.

Genesis 50

Jacob Is Buried

1 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him. 2 Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians ^dyembalmed Israel. 3 Now forty days were ^{▼▼Lit fulfilled}required for ^{▼▼Or him}it, for ^{▼▼Lit so are fulfilled the days of embalming}such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians ^ecwept for him seventy days.

4 When the days of ^{▼▼Lit weeping}mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak ^{▼▼Lit In the ears of}to Pharaoh, saying, 5 ‘ ^efMy father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave ^egwhich I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now then, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’” 6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

7 So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen. 9 Chariots with teams of horses also went up with him; and it was a very great company. 10 When they came to the ^{▼▼Heb Goren ha-Atad}threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they ^eimourned there with a very great and ^{▼▼Lit heavy}sorrowful lamentation; and he ^{▼▼Lit made a mourning for seven days}observed seven days of mourning for his father. 11 Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at ^{▼▼Heb Goren ha-Atad}the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a ^{▼▼Lit heavy}grievous ^{▼▼Heb ebel}mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named ^{▼▼I.e., the meadow (or mourning) of Egypt}Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Burial at Machpelah

12 And so his sons did for him as he had commanded them; 13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in ^epthe cave of the field of Machpelah opposite Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a ^{▼▼Lit possession of a burial place}burial site from Ephron the Hittite. 14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

15 When Joseph’s brothers had seen that their father was dead, they said, “ ^erWhat if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!” 16 So they sent instructions to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded us before he died, saying, 17 ‘This is what you shall say to Joseph: “Please forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 Then his brothers also came and ^esfell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? 20 As for you, ^etyou meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about ^{▼▼Lit as this day}this present result, to keep many people alive. 21 So therefore, do not be afraid; ^evI will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke ^{▼▼Lit to their heart}kindly to them.

Death of Joseph

22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived 110 years. 23 Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were ^exborn on Joseph’s knees. 24 Joseph said to his brothers, “ ^eyI am about to die, but God will assuredly ^{▼▼Or visit}take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He ^{▼▼Lit swore}promised on oath to ^fbAbraham, to ^fcIsaac, and to ^fdJacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will assuredly ^{▼▼Or visit}take care of you, and ^ffyou shall carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they ^fgembalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.