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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:16 </span><span class="fq">Dan </span><span class="ft">here means </span><span class="fqa">he provides </span><span class="fq">justice</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will provide justice for his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="content">as one of the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Dan will be a snake by the roadside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">a viper along the path,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">that bites the horse&#8217;s heels</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">so that its rider tumbles backward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I look for your deliverance, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.49.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:19 </span><span class="fq">Gad </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">attack </span><span class="ft">and also for </span><span class="fq">band of raiders</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be attacked by a band of raiders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"><span class="content">but he will attack them at their heels.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.49.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher&#8217;s food will be rich;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"><span class="content">he will provide delicacies fit for a king.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.49.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali is a doe set free</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"><span class="content">that bears beautiful fawns.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">free; / he utters beautiful words</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.49.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Joseph is a fruitful vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="content">a fruitful vine near a spring,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="content">whose branches climb over a wall.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.49.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.49.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">With bitterness archers attacked him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.49.23"><span class="content">they shot at him with hostility.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.49.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But his bow remained steady,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">his strong arms stayed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:23,24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">archers will attack&#8230; will shoot&#8230; will remain&#8230; will stay</span></span></span><span class="content"> limber,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.49.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">because of your father&#8217;s God, who helps you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">because of the Almighty,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> who blesses you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">with blessings of the skies above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">blessings of the deep springs below,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">blessings of the breast and womb.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.49.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Your father&#8217;s blessings are greater</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">than the blessings of the ancient mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">than</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of my progenitors, / as great as</span></span></span><span class="content"> the bounty of the age-old hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">on the brow of the prince among</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the one separated from</span></span></span><span class="content"> his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.49.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="content">in the morning he devours the prey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="content">in the evening he divides the plunder.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.49.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.49.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jacob</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.49.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.49.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he gave them these instructions: &#8220;I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.49.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.49.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.49.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the descendants of Heth</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.49.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.49.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">50</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.50.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.50.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.50.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.50.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.50.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh&#8217;s court, &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.50.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8216;My father made me swear an oath and said, &#8220;I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.&#8221; Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.50.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.50.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said, &#8220;Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.50.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.50.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh&#8217;s officials accompanied him&#8212;the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.50.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">besides all the members of Joseph&#8217;s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father&#8217;s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.50.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Chariots and horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> also went up with him. It was a very large company.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.50.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.50.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.50.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, &#8220;The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.&#8221; That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:11 </span><span class="fq">Abel Mizraim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">mourning </span><span class="fqa">of the </span><span class="fq">Egyptians</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.50.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.50.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So Jacob&#8217;s sons did as he had commanded them: </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.50.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.50.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Reassures His Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.50.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.50.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Joseph&#8217;s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, &#8220;What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.50.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they sent word to Joseph, saying, &#8220;Your father left these instructions before he died: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.50.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.&#8217; Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.&#8221; When their message came to him, Joseph wept.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.50.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.50.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. &#8220;We are your slaves,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.50.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.50.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Joseph said to them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.50.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.50.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So then, don&#8217;t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.&#8221; And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Joseph</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.50.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.50.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father&#8217;s family. He lived a hundred and ten years </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.50.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and saw the third generation of Ephraim&#8217;s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph&#8217;s knees.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, were counted as his</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.50.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.50.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to his brothers, &#8220;I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.50.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, &#8220;God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.50.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.50.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.</span></span></div>
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