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50 And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;

² and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

³ and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

⁴ And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

⁵ My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

⁶ and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

⁷ And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

⁸ and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

⁹ and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.

¹⁰ And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which [is] beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,

¹¹ and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning [is] this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath [one] called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which [is] beyond the Jordan.

¹² And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

¹³ and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

¹⁴ And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father.

¹⁵ And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

¹⁶ And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

¹⁷ Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

¹⁸ And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we [are] to thee for servants.'

¹⁹ And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for [am] I in the place of God?

²⁰ As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

²¹ and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

²² And Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth a hundred and ten years,

²³ and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third [generation]; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

²⁴ And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

²⁵ And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this [place].'

²⁶ And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

1 And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come;

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

³ Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

⁴ Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

⁵ And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

⁶ And Joseph dieth, and all his brethren, and all that generation;

⁷ and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

⁸ And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

⁹ and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty than we;

¹⁰ give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.'

¹¹ And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

¹² and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

¹³ and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

¹⁴ and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service in the field; all their service in which they have served [is] with rigour.

¹⁵ And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one [is] Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),

¹⁶ and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it [is] a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter -- then she hath lived.'

¹⁷ And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

¹⁸ and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'

¹⁹ And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them -- they have borne!'

²⁰ And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

²¹ and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

²² and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

2 And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,

² and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he [is] fair, and she hideth him three months,

³ and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River;

⁴ and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

⁵ And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,

⁶ and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, `This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.'

⁷ And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, `Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;'

⁸ and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,

⁹ and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I -- I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.

¹⁰ And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because -- from the water I have drawn him.'

¹³ And Jesus, having come to the parts of Cesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, `Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?'

¹⁴ and they said, `Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

¹⁵ He saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'

¹⁶ and Simon Peter answering said, `Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him, `Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

¹⁸ `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

¹⁹ and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

²⁰ Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no one that he is Jesus the Christ.

²¹ From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.

²² And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'

²³ and he having turned, said to Peter, `Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

²⁵ for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

²⁶ for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

²⁷ `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

²⁸ Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.'

17 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,

² and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

³ and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.

⁴ And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'

⁵ While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

⁶ And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

⁷ and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, `Rise, be not afraid,'

⁸ and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

⁹ And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.'

21 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

² The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

³ For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

⁴ Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

⁵ Great [is] his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

⁶ For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

⁷ For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

⁸ Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

⁹ Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

¹⁰ Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

¹¹ For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

¹² For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

¹³ Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!

5 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

² To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,

⁴ And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.

⁵ Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

⁶ The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.