Genesis 50

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

KJV WEB

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KJVAnd Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
WEBJoseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
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KJVAnd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
WEBJoseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
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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.
WEBForty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
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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,
WEBWhen the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
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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.
WEB‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”
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KJVAnd Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
WEBPharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
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KJVAnd 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,
WEBJoseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
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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.
WEBall the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
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KJVAnd there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
WEBBoth chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
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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.
WEBThey came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
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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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
WEBWhen the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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KJVAnd his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
WEBHis sons did to him just as he commanded them,
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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.
WEBfor 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, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.
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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.
WEBJoseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
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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.
WEBWhen Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”
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KJVAnd they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
WEBThey sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
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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.
WEB‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
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KJVAnd his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
WEBHis brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
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KJVAnd Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
WEBJoseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
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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.
WEBAs for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
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KJVNow therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
WEBNow therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
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KJVAnd Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
WEBJoseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
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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.
WEBJoseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
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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.
WEBJoseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
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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.
WEBJoseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
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KJVSo Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
WEBSo Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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