Genesis · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Genesis 50 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 José se inclinó sobre el rostro de su padre, lloró sobre él y lo besó.
1 Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
2 Después ordenó a los médicos que estaban a su servicio que prepararan el cuerpo de su padre con especias. Los médicos hicieron lo que José ordenó.
2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 La preparación del cuerpo duró cuarenta días, que era el tiempo necesario. Los egipcios lloraron por Jacob durante setenta días.
3 Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
4 Cuando terminó el tiempo de duelo, José habló con los funcionarios del faraón: «Si cuento con su favor, digan al faraón de mi parte:
4 When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5 “Mi padre me hizo jurar: ‘Cuando muera, entiérrame en la tumba que preparé para mí en la tierra de Canaán’. Permíteme ahora ir a enterrar a mi padre y después regresaré”».
5 ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”
6 El faraón respondió: «Ve y entierra a tu padre, como él te hizo jurar».
6 Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
7 José fue a enterrar a su padre. Con él fueron todos los funcionarios del faraón, los principales de su casa y los jefes de la tierra de Egipto,
7 Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8 además de toda la familia de José, sus hermanos y la familia de su padre. Solo dejaron en la tierra de Gosén a sus niños, sus ovejas y su ganado.
8 all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9 También fueron carros y jinetes. Era un grupo muy grande.
9 Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
10 Cuando llegaron al lugar donde se trillaba el grano en Atad, al otro lado del Jordán, hicieron allí un gran duelo. José guardó luto por su padre durante siete días.
10 They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
11 Cuando los habitantes de Canaán vieron el duelo en Atad, dijeron: «Los egipcios están haciendo un gran duelo». Por eso llamaron a aquel lugar Abel-mizraim, al otro lado del Jordán.
11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
12 Los hijos de Jacob hicieron con él lo que les había ordenado.
12 His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
13 Lo llevaron a la tierra de Canaán y lo sepultaron en la cueva del campo de Macpela, cerca de Mamre, el campo que Abraham había comprado a Efrón el hitita como propiedad para sepultura.
13 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.
14 Después de sepultar a su padre, José regresó a Egipto con sus hermanos y todos los que habían ido con él.
14 Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15 Después de la muerte de su padre, los hermanos de José dijeron: «Tal vez José todavía nos guarda rencor y quiera castigarnos por todo el mal que le hicimos».
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”
16 Entonces mandaron decir a José: «Antes de morir, tu padre nos dio esta orden:
16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
17 “Digan a José: Por favor, perdona la maldad de tus hermanos y el mal que te hicieron”. Ahora te pedimos que perdones el pecado de los siervos del Dios de tu padre». José lloró cuando recibió este mensaje.
17 ‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
18 Luego sus hermanos fueron personalmente, se inclinaron ante él y dijeron: «Aquí estamos como tus siervos».
18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
19 José respondió: «No tengan miedo. ¿Acaso estoy yo en lugar de Dios?
19 Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
20 Ustedes pensaron hacerme mal, pero Dios lo convirtió en bien para conservar con vida a mucha gente, como sucede hoy.
20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
21 Así que no tengan miedo. Yo cuidaré de ustedes y de sus hijos». Y los consoló hablándoles con bondad.
21 Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
22 José siguió viviendo en Egipto con toda la familia de su padre. Vivió ciento diez años.
22 Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
23 Llegó a ver a los hijos de Efraín hasta la tercera generación. También recibió como suyos a los hijos de Maquir, hijo de Manasés.
23 Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
24 José dijo a sus hermanos: «Yo estoy por morir, pero Dios ciertamente cuidará de ustedes y los hará salir de esta tierra para llevarlos a la tierra que prometió bajo juramento a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob».
24 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
25 Entonces José hizo jurar a los hijos de Israel: «Cuando Dios venga a ayudarlos, lleven mis huesos de aquí».
25 Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
26 José murió a los ciento diez años. Prepararon su cuerpo con especias y lo pusieron en un ataúd en Egipto.
26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Joseph
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Machir
Manasseh's son, whose own sons were brought up on Joseph's knees, called the father of Gilead; his descendants captured Gilead and Moses gave it to his clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 50:23; Numbers 26:29; Numbers 32:39–40
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 46:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; Ephesians 6:4; Acts 8:2; Genesis 23:2
- 2 2 Chronicles 16:14; Genesis 50:26; John 19:39–40; Mark 16:1; Matthew 26:12
- 3 Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 34:8; Genesis 50:10; Deuteronomy 21:13
- 4 Genesis 18:3; Esther 4:2
- 5 2 Chronicles 16:14; Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60; Genesis 47:29–31; Genesis 3:19
- 6 Genesis 48:21
- 7 Genesis 14:16
- 8 Numbers 32:24–27; Exodus 10:8–9; Exodus 10:26
- 9 Song of Songs 1:9; Exodus 14:17; Genesis 46:29; Acts 8:2; Exodus 14:28
- 10 Job 2:13; Acts 8:2; 2 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 31:13; Numbers 19:11
- 11 Genesis 24:6; Genesis 10:15–19; Deuteronomy 11:30; Genesis 50:10; Deuteronomy 3:27
- 12 Acts 7:16; Genesis 49:29–32; Ephesians 6:1; Exodus 20:12; Genesis 47:29–31
- 13 Genesis 23:16–18; Acts 7:16; Genesis 49:29–31; Genesis 35:27; Genesis 23:20
- 15 Proverbs 28:1; Genesis 42:21–22; Psalm 14:5; Genesis 27:41–42; Job 15:21–22
- 16 Proverbs 29:25
- 17 Matthew 6:14–15; Ephesians 4:32; Luke 17:3–4; Genesis 45:4–5; Proverbs 28:13
- 18 Genesis 37:7–11; Genesis 44:14; Genesis 45:3; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 42:6
- 19 Romans 12:19; Genesis 30:2; Genesis 45:5; 2 Kings 5:7; Hebrews 10:30
- 20 Romans 8:28; Psalm 119:71; Genesis 45:5–8; Genesis 37:18–20; Psalm 105:16–17
- 21 Genesis 47:12; 1 Peter 3:9; Genesis 45:10–11; Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:20–21
- 23 Numbers 32:39; Job 42:16; Genesis 30:3; Genesis 48:19; Psalm 128:6
- 24 Exodus 3:16–17; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 46:4; Genesis 28:13
- 25 Joshua 24:32; Exodus 13:19; Acts 7:16; Hebrews 11:22; Genesis 47:29–31
- 26 Joshua 24:29; Genesis 50:22; Genesis 47:28; Genesis 47:9; Genesis 50:2–3
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For the same Scripture speaks thus of Joseph: "And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brethren, and all his father's house: and Joseph lived 110 years, and saw Ephraim's children of the third generation." That is, his great-grandson, the third from Ephraim; for the third generation means son, grandson, great-grandson.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Then it is added, "The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph's knees." And this is that grandson of Manasseh, and great-grandson of Joseph.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)