Genesis 50:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.

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  • Gen 46:4 : 4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
  • Deut 6:7-8 : 7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. 8 You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead.
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!”
  • Mark 5:38-39 : 38 They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”
  • John 11:35-38 : 35 Jesus wept. 36 Thus the people who had come to mourn said,“Look how much he loved him!” 37 But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?” 38 Lazarus Raised from the Dead Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb.(Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)
  • Acts 8:2 : 2 Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 The Lord Returns for Believers Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
  • Gen 23:2 : 2 Then she died in Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 46:29-30
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    87%

    29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

    30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

  • Gen 45:14-15
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    84%

    14Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

    15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 48:10-12
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    81%

    10Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

    11Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

    12So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 50:2
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    2Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

  • Gen 50:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.

    15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,“What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”

    16So they sent word to Joseph, saying,“Your father gave these instructions before he died:

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Gen 50:5
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    5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

  • Gen 50:7
    77%

    7So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him– the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,

  • Gen 48:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Manasseh and Ephraim After these things Joseph was told,“Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

    2When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

  • Gen 43:30
    76%

    30Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there.

  • Gen 45:1-4
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    76%

    1The Reconciliation of the Brothers Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out,“Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

    2He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 33:4
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    4But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

  • Gen 27:26
    74%

    26Then his father Isaac said to him,“Come here and kiss me, my son.”

  • Gen 47:7
    74%

    7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 29:11
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    11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 44:14
    74%

    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

  • Gen 48:21
    74%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 50:26
    74%

    26So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Gen 37:3
    74%

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

  • Gen 50:22
    73%

    22Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.