{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/50","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:58.784Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":50,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":49,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which <i>is</i> beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This <i>is</i> a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which <i>is</i> beyond Jordan."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we <i>be</i> thy servants."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for <i>am</i> I in the place of God?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; <i>but</i> God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as <i>it is</i> this day, to save much people alive."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third <i>generation</i>: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"So Joseph died, <i>being</i> an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 50 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 50](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/50)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/50 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}