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Weekly Torah Readings:
Genesis 47:28-50:26 (English Standard Version)
28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.(A) So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.
29And(B) when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now(C) I have found favor in your sight,(D) put your hand under my thigh and(E) promise to deal kindly and truly with me.(F) Do not bury me in Egypt, 30but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and(G) bury me in their burying place." He answered, "I will do as you have said." 31And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. Then(H) Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.[a]
Genesis 48
Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
1After this, Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is ill." So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2And it was told to Jacob, "Your son Joseph has come to you." Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3And Jacob said to Joseph,(I) "God Almighty[b] appeared to me at(J) Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you(K) for an everlasting possession.' 5And now your(L) two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt,(M) are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 6And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow(N) Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance[c] to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."
8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, "Who are these?" 9Joseph said to his father,(O) "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." And he said, "Bring them to me, please, that(P) I may bless them." 10Now(Q) the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him,(R) and he kissed them and embraced them. 11And Israel said to Joseph,(S) "I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also." 12Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him. 14(T) And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh,(U) crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15And he blessed Joseph and said,
"The God(V) before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16(W) the angel who has(X) redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let(Y) my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them(Z) grow into a multitude[d] in the midst of the earth."
17When Joseph saw that his father(AA) laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18And Joseph said to his father, "Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head." 19But his father refused and said,(AB) "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless,(AC) his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude[e] of nations." 20So he blessed them that day, saying,
"By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,(AD) 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'"
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but(AE) God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22Moreover, I have given to(AF) you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope[f] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow."
Genesis 49
Jacob Blesses His Sons
1(AG) Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you(AH) in days to come.
2"Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
listen to Israel your father.
3"Reuben, you are(AI) my firstborn,
my might, and the(AJ) firstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you(AK) went up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
5(AL) "Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons(AM) of violence are their swords.
6Let my soul come not into their council;
(AN) O my glory,(AO) be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they(AP) hamstrung oxen.
7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will(AQ) divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
8"Judah,(AR) your brothers shall praise you;
(AS) your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
(AT) your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9Judah is(AU) a lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
(AV) He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10The(AW) scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff(AX) from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[g]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12His(AY) eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
13(AZ) "Zebulun shall dwell at the(BA) shore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
14(BB) "Issachar is a strong donkey,
crouching between the sheepfolds.[h]
15He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and(BC) became a servant at forced labor.
16(BD) "Dan shall(BE) judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dan(BF) shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
18I(BG) wait for your salvation, O LORD.
19(BH) "Raiders shall raid(BI) Gad,[i]
but he shall raid at their heels.
20(BJ) "Asher’s food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
21(BK) "Naphtali is a doe let loose
that bears beautiful fawns.[j]
22"Joseph is(BL) a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.[k]
23The archers(BM) bitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
24yet(BN) his bow remained unmoved;
his arms[l] were made agile
by the hands of the(BO) Mighty One of Jacob
(from there is(BP) the Shepherd,[m](BQ) the Stone of Israel),
25(BR) by the God of your father who will help you,
by(BS) the Almighty[n](BT) who will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties(BU) of the everlasting hills.[o]
May they be(BV) on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
27(BW) "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening(BX) dividing the spoil."
Jacob’s Death and Burial
28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. 29Then he commanded them and said to them, "I am to be(BY) gathered to my people;(BZ) bury me with my fathers(CA) in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan,(CB) which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 31(CC) There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There(CD) they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah— 32the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites." 33When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and(CE) was gathered to his people.
Genesis 50
1Then Joseph(CF) fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. 2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to(CG) embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians(CH) wept for him seventy days.
4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying,(CI) "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5My father made me swear, saying, 'I am about to die: in my tomb(CJ) that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return." 6And Pharaoh answered, "Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear." 7So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left(CK) in the land of Goshen. 9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company. 10When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan,(CL) they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he(CM) made a mourning for his father seven days. 11When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim;[p] it is beyond the Jordan. 12Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them, 13for(CN) his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham(CO) bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 14After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
God’s Good Purposes
15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him." 16So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave this command before he died, 17'Say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.' And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of(CP) the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18His brothers also came and(CQ) fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19But Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for(CR) am I in the place of God? 20As for you, you meant evil against me, but(CS) God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[q] should be kept alive, as they are today. 21So do not fear;(CT) I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
The Death of Joseph
22So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children(CU) of the third generation. The(CV) children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were(CW) counted as Joseph’s own.[r] 24And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but(CX) God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land(CY) that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." 25Then(CZ) Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here." 26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They(DA) embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes:
a.Genesis 47:31 Hebrew; Septuagint staff
b.Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El Shaddai
c.Genesis 48:7 Or about two hours’ distance
d.Genesis 48:16 Or let them be like fish for multitude
e.Genesis 48:19 Hebrew fullness
f.Genesis 48:22 Or one portion of the land; Hebrew shekem, which sounds like the town and district called Shechem
g.Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
h.Genesis 49:14 Or between its saddlebags
i.Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for raiders and raid
j.Genesis 49:21 Or he gives beautiful words, or that bears fawns of the fold
k.Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
l.Genesis 49:24 Hebrew the arms of his hands
m.Genesis 49:24 Or by the name of the Shepherd
n.Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
o.Genesis 49:26 A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills
p.Genesis 50:11 Abel-mizraim means mourning (or meadow) of Egypt
q.Genesis 50:20 Or a numerous people
r.Genesis 50:23 Hebrew were born on Joseph’s knees
Cross references:
A.Genesis 47:28 : Genesis 47:9
B.Genesis 47:29 : Deut 31:14; 1 Kgs 2:1
C.Genesis 47:29 : Genesis 33:15
D.Genesis 47:29 : Genesis 24:2
E.Genesis 47:29 : Genesis 24:49
F.Genesis 47:29 : Genesis 50:25
G.Genesis 47:30 : Genesis 49:29; 50:5, 13
H.Genesis 47:31 : Genesis 48:2; 1 Kgs 1:47; Heb 11:21
I.Genesis 48:3 : Genesis 17:1
J.Genesis 48:3 : Genesis 28:13, 19; 35:6, 9
K.Genesis 48:4 : Genesis 17:8
L.Genesis 48:5 : Genesis 41:50-52; 46:20
M.Genesis 48:5 : Josh 13:7; 14:4; 17:17
N.Genesis 48:7 : Genesis 35:9-19
O.Genesis 48:9 : Genesis 33:5
P.Genesis 48:9 : Genesis 49:25, 26; Heb 11:21; Genesis 27:4
Q.Genesis 48:10 : Genesis 27:1
R.Genesis 48:10 : Genesis 27:27
S.Genesis 48:11 : Genesis 37:33; 45:26
T.Genesis 48:14 : Genesis 48:17
U.Genesis 48:14 : Genesis 48:19
V.Genesis 48:15 : Genesis 17:1; 24:40
W.Genesis 48:16 : Genesis 28:15; 31:11, 13, 24; Exodus 23:20
X.Genesis 48:16 : Isa 44:22, 23; 49:7; 63:9; 2 Sam 4:9; Psalm 34:22; 121:7
Y.Genesis 48:16 : Amos 9:12; Acts 15:17
Z.Genesis 48:16 : Num 26:34, 37
AA.Genesis 48:17 : Genesis 48:14
AB.Genesis 48:19 : Genesis 48:17
AC.Genesis 48:19 : Num 1:33, 35; 2:19, 21; Deut 33:17
AD.Genesis 48:20 : Ruth 4:11, 12
AE.Genesis 48:21 : Genesis 46:4; 50:24
AF.Genesis 48:22 : Josh 24:32; John 4:5
AG.Genesis 49:1 : For Genesis 49:1-27, Deut 33:6-25
AH.Genesis 49:1 : Num 24:14; Deut 4:30; 31:29; Isa 2:2; Jer 23:20; Dan 2:28; 10:14; Hos 3:5
AI.Genesis 49:3 : Genesis 29:32
AJ.Genesis 49:3 : Deut 21:17
AK.Genesis 49:4 : Genesis 35:22; 1 Chr 5:1
AL.Genesis 49:5 : Genesis 29:33, 34
AM.Genesis 49:5 : Genesis 34:25, 26
AN.Genesis 49:6 : Psalm 16:9; 57:8
AO.Genesis 49:6 : Psalm 26:9
AP.Genesis 49:6 : Josh 11:6, 9; 2 Sam 8:4
AQ.Genesis 49:7 : Num 3:5-13; Josh 19:1-9; 1 Chr 4:24-39
AR.Genesis 49:8 : Genesis 29:35; Genesis 27:29
AS.Genesis 49:8 : Job 16:12
AT.Genesis 49:8 : 1 Chr 5:2
AU.Genesis 49:9 : Rev 5:5; Deut 33:22; Hos 5:14
AV.Genesis 49:9 : Num 23:24; 24:9
AW.Genesis 49:10 : Num 24:17; Zech 10:11
AX.Genesis 49:10 : Deut 28:57
AY.Genesis 49:12 : Prov 23:29
AZ.Genesis 49:13 : Deut 33:18, 19; Josh 19:10, 11
BA.Genesis 49:13 : Deut 1:7; Josh 9:1; Judg 5:17
BB.Genesis 49:14 : Judg 5:16; 1 Chr 12:32
BC.Genesis 49:15 : Josh 16:10
BD.Genesis 49:16 : Deut 33:22
BE.Genesis 49:16 : Genesis 30:6
BF.Genesis 49:17 : Judg 18:27
BG.Genesis 49:18 : Psalm 25:5; 119:166, 174; Isa 25:9; Mic 7:7; Luke 2:25
BH.Genesis 49:19 : Deut 33:20
BI.Genesis 49:19 : 1 Chr 5:18-22
BJ.Genesis 49:20 : Deut 33:24
BK.Genesis 49:21 : Deut 33:23
BL.Genesis 49:22 : Genesis 41:52; Josh 17:14, 18
BM.Genesis 49:23 : Genesis 37:24, 28; 39:20
BN.Genesis 49:24 : Job 29:20
BO.Genesis 49:24 : Psalm 132:2, 5; Isa 1:24
BP.Genesis 49:24 : Psalm 23:1; 80:1
BQ.Genesis 49:24 : Isa 28:16; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:4; Deut 32:4
BR.Genesis 49:25 : Genesis 35:3; 50:17
BS.Genesis 49:25 : Genesis 17:1; 35:11
BT.Genesis 49:25 : Deut 33:13
BU.Genesis 49:26 : Deut 33:15; Hab 3:6
BV.Genesis 49:26 : Deut 33:16
BW.Genesis 49:27 : Judg 20:21, 25; Ezek 22:27
BX.Genesis 49:27 : Zech 14:1; Ezek 39:10
BY.Genesis 49:29 : Genesis 49:33; Genesis 25:8
BZ.Genesis 49:29 : Genesis 47:30
CA.Genesis 49:29 : Genesis 50:13; Genesis 23:9
CB.Genesis 49:30 : Genesis 23:16-18
CC.Genesis 49:31 : Genesis 23:19; 25:9
CD.Genesis 49:31 : Genesis 35:29
CE.Genesis 49:33 : Genesis 49:29
CF.Genesis 50:1 : Genesis 46:4
CG.Genesis 50:2 : Genesis 50:26; 2 Chr 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56; John 19:39, 40
CH.Genesis 50:3 : Genesis 50:10; Num 20:29; Deut 34:8; 1 Sam 31:13; Job 2:13
CI.Genesis 50:4 : Genesis 47:29; Genesis 33:15
CJ.Genesis 50:5 : 2 Chr 16:14; Isa 22:16; Matt 27:60
CK.Genesis 50:8 : Genesis 45:10
CL.Genesis 50:10 : 2 Sam 1:17; Acts 8:2
CM.Genesis 50:10 : Genesis 50:3
CN.Genesis 50:13 : Genesis 49:29, 30; Acts 7:16
CO.Genesis 50:13 : Genesis 23:16
CP.Genesis 50:17 : Genesis 49:25
CQ.Genesis 50:18 : Genesis 37:7, 10
CR.Genesis 50:19 : Genesis 30:2; 2 Kgs 5:7
CS.Genesis 50:20 : Genesis 45:5, 7
CT.Genesis 50:21 : Genesis 45:11; 47:12
CU.Genesis 50:23 : Job 42:16; Psalm 128:6
CV.Genesis 50:23 : Num 32:39; 1 Chr 7:14, 15
CW.Genesis 50:23 : Genesis 30:3
CX.Genesis 50:24 : Genesis 15:14; 46:4; 48:21; Exodus 3:16, 17; Heb 11:22
CY.Genesis 50:24 : Genesis 15:18; 26:3; 28:13; 35:12; 46:4
CZ.Genesis 50:25 : Exodus 13:19; Josh 24:32
DA.Genesis 50:26 : Genesis 50:2
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1 Kings 2:1-12 (King James Version)
1 Kings 2
1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
3And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
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