‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die. Be sure to bury me in the grave which I made ready for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now, therefore, let me go up and bury my father; then I shall return.’”
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אבי
13
השביעני
447
לאמר
271
הנה
60
אנכי
81
מת
440
בקברי
314
אשר
501
כריתי
640
לי
40
בארץ
293
כנען
190
שמה
345
תקברני
762
ועתה
481
אעלהנא
157
ואקברה
314
אתאבי
414
ואשובה
320
Genesis 50:6
Gematria: 2387
ויאמרפרעהעלהוקבראתאביךכאשרהשביעך
And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you promise on oath.”
So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the officials of Pharaoh, the senior members of his court, and all of Egypt’s dignitaries,
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ויעל
116
יוסף
156
לקבר
332
אתאביו
420
ויעלו
122
אתו
407
כלעבדי
136
פרעה
355
זקני
167
ביתו
418
וכל
56
זקני
167
ארץמצרים
671
Genesis 50:8
Gematria: 2787
וכלביתיוסףואחיווביתאביורקטפםוצאנםובקרםעזבובארץגשן
together with all of Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household; only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the region of Goshen.
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וכל
56
בית
412
יוסף
156
ואחיו
31
ובית
418
אביו
19
רק
300
טפם
129
וצאנם
187
ובקרם
348
עזבו
85
בארץ
293
גשן
353
Genesis 50:9
Gematria: 1380
ויעלעמוגםרכבגםפרשיםויהיהמחנהכבדמאד
Chariots, too, and horsemen went up with him; it was a very large troop.
When they came to Goren Goren Or “the threshing floor of.” ha-Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning period of seven days for his father.
And when the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at Goren ha-Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” That is why it was named Abel-mizraim, Abel-mizraim Interpreted as “the mourning of the Egyptians.” which is beyond the Jordan.
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וירא
217
יושב
318
הארץ
296
הכנעני
205
אתהאבל
439
בגרן
255
האטד
19
ויאמרו
263
אבלכבד
59
זה
12
למצרים
410
עלכן
170
קרא
301
שמה
345
אבל
33
מצרים
380
אשר
501
בעבר
274
הירדן
269
Genesis 50:12
Gematria: 1223
ויעשובניולוכןכאשרצום
Thus his sons did for him as he had instructed them.
His sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, the field near Mamre, which Abraham had bought for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrong that we did him!”
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ויראו
223
אחייוסף
175
כימת
470
אביהם
58
ויאמרו
263
לו
36
ישטמנו
415
יוסף
156
והשב
313
ישיב
322
לנו
86
את
401
כלהרעה
330
אשר
501
גמלנו
129
אתו
407
Genesis 50:16
Gematria: 1603
ויצוואליוסףלאמראביךצוהלפנימותולאמר
So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before his death your father left this instruction:
So shall you say to Joseph, ‘Forgive, I urge you, the offense and guilt of your brothers who treated you so harshly.’ Therefore, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father’s [house].” And Joseph was in tears as they spoke to him.
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כהתאמרו
672
ליוסף
186
אנא
52
שא
301
נא
51
פשע
450
אחיך
39
וחטאתם
464
כירעה
305
גמלוך
99
ועתה
481
שא
301
נא
51
לפשע
480
עבדי
86
אלהי
46
אביך
33
ויבך
38
יוסף
156
בדברם
248
אליו
47
Genesis 50:18
Gematria: 1028
וילכוגםאחיוויפלולפניוויאמרוהננולךלעבדים
His brothers went to him themselves, flung themselves before him, and said, “We are prepared to be your slaves.”
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וילכו
72
גםאחיו
68
ויפלו
132
לפניו
176
ויאמרו
263
הננו
111
לך
50
לעבדים
156
Genesis 50:19
Gematria: 2127
ויאמראלהםיוסףאלתיראוכיהתחתאלהיםאני
But Joseph said to them, “Have no fear! Am I a substitute for God?
And so, fear not. I will sustain you and your dependents.” dependents NJPS “children,” trad. “little ones.” See the Dictionary under ṭaph. Thus he reassured them, speaking kindly to them.
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ועתה
481
אלתיראו
648
אנכי
81
אכלכל
101
אתכם
461
ואתטפכם
556
וינחם
114
אותם
447
וידבר
222
עללבם
172
Genesis 50:22
Gematria: 2517
וישביוסףבמצריםהואוביתאביוויחייוסףמאהועשרשנים
So Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt. Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
At length, Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. God will surely take notice of you and bring you up from this land to the land promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”