Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 50 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και έπεσεν ο Ιωσήφ επί το πρόσωπον του πατρός αυτού και έκλαυσεν επ' αυτόν και εφίλησεν αυτόν.
1 Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
2 Και προσέταξεν ο Ιωσήφ τους δούλους αυτού τους ιατρούς να βαλσαμώσωσι τον πατέρα αυτού· και εβαλσάμωσαν οι ιατροί τον Ισραήλ.
2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 Και συνεπληρώθησαν δι' αυτόν τεσσαράκοντα ημέραι· διότι ούτω συμπληρούνται αι ημέραι της βαλσαμώσεως· και επένθησαν αυτόν οι Αιγύπτιοι εβδομήκοντα ημέρας.
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 Αφού δε παρήλθον αι ημέραι του πένθους αυτού, ελάλησεν ο Ιωσήφ προς τον οίκον του Φαραώ, λέγων, Εάν τώρα εύρηκα χάριν ενώπιόν σας, λαλήσατε, παρακαλώ, εις τα ώτα του Φαραώ, λέγοντες,
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 Ο πατήρ μου με ώρκισε, λέγων, Ιδού, εγώ αποθνήσκω· εις το μνημείόν μου, το οποίον έσκαψα εις εμαυτόν εν γη Χαναάν, εκεί θέλεις με θάψει· τώρα λοιπόν ας αναβώ, παρακαλώ, και ας θάψω τον πατέρα μου· και θέλω επιστρέψει.
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 Και είπεν ο Φαραώ, Ανάβηθι και θάψον τον πατέρα σου καθώς σε ώρκισε.
6 Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
7 Και ανέβη ο Ιωσήφ διά να θάψη τον πατέρα αυτού· και συνανέβησαν μετ' αυτού πάντες οι δούλοι του Φαραώ, οι πρεσβύτεροι του οίκου αυτού, και πάντες οι πρεσβύτεροι της γης Αιγύπτου
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 και πας ο οίκος του Ιωσήφ και οι αδελφοί αυτού και ο οίκος του πατρός αυτού· μόνον τας οικογενείας αυτών και τα ποίμνια αυτών και τας αγέλας αυτών αφήκαν εν τη γη Γεσέν.
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 Και συνανέβησαν μετ' αυτού και άμαξαι και ιππείς· ώστε έγεινε συνοδία μεγάλη σφόδρα·
9 Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
10 και ήλθον εις το αλώνιον του Ατάδ το πέραν του Ιορδάνου· και εκεί εθρήνησαν θρήνον μέγαν και δυνατόν σφόδρα· και έκαμεν ο Ιωσήφ διά τον πατέρα αυτού πένθος επτά ημέρας.
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 Και ιδόντες οι κάτοικοι του τόπου, οι Χαναναίοι, το πένθος εν τω αλωνίω του Ατάδ, είπον, Πένθος μέγα είναι τούτο εις τους Αιγυπτίους· διά τούτο ωνομάσθη το όνομα αυτού Αβέλ-μισραΐμ, το οποίον είναι πέραν του Ιορδάνου.
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 Και έκαμον εις αυτόν οι υιοί αυτού καθώς παρήγγειλεν εις αυτούς·
12 His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
13 και μετακομίσαντες αυτόν οι υιοί αυτού εις γην Χαναάν, έθαψαν αυτόν εν τω σπηλαίω του αγρού Μαχπελάχ, το οποίον ο Αβραάμ ηγόρασε μετά του αγρού διά κτήμα μνημείου παρά του Εφρών του Χετταίου κατέναντι της Μαμβρή.
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 Και αφού ο Ιωσήφ έθαψε τον πατέρα αυτού, επέστρεψεν εις Αίγυπτον αυτός και οι αδελφοί αυτού και πάντες οι συναναβάντες μετ' αυτού διά να θάψωσι τον πατέρα αυτού.
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 Και ιδόντες οι αδελφοί του Ιωσήφ ότι απέθανεν ο πατήρ αυτών, είπον, Ίσως ο Ιωσήφ θέλει μνησικακήσει εις ημάς και θέλει μας ανταποδώσει αυστηρώς πάντα τα κακά όσα επράξαμεν εις αυτόν.
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 Και εμήνυσαν προς τον Ιωσήφ, λέγοντες, Ο πατήρ σου προσέταξε, πριν αποθάνη, λέγων,
16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
17 Ούτω θέλετε ειπεί προς τον Ιωσήφ· Συγχώρησον, παρακαλώ, την αδικίαν των αδελφών σου και την αμαρτίαν αυτών· διότι έπραξαν κακόν εις σέ· τώρα λοιπόν συγχώρησον, παρακαλούμεν, την αδικίαν των δούλων του Θεού του πατρός σου. Και έκλαυσεν ο Ιωσήφ ότε ελάλησαν προς αυτόν.
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 Υπήγαν δε και οι αδελφοί αυτού και πεσόντες έμπροσθεν αυτού, είπον, Ιδού, ημείς είμεθα δούλοί σου.
18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
19 Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Ιωσήφ, Μη φοβείσθε· μήπως αντί Θεού είμαι εγώ;
19 Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
20 σεις μεν εβουλεύθητε κακόν εναντίον μου· ο δε Θεός εβουλεύθη να μεταστρέψη τούτο εις καλόν, διά να γείνη καθώς την σήμερον, ώστε να σώση την ζωήν πολλού λαού·
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 τώρα λοιπόν μη φοβείσθε· εγώ θέλω θρέψει εσάς και τας οικογενείας σας. Και παρηγόρησεν αυτούς και ελάλησε κατά την καρδίαν αυτών.
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 Και κατώκησεν ο Ιωσήφ εν Αιγύπτω, αυτός και ο οίκος του πατρός αυτού· και έζησεν ο Ιωσήφ εκατόν δέκα έτη.
22 Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
23 Και είδεν ο Ιωσήφ τέκνα του Εφραΐμ, έως τρίτης γενεάς· και τα παιδία του Μαχείρ, υιού του Μανασσή, επί των γονάτων του Ιωσήφ εγεννήθησαν.
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 Και είπεν ο Ιωσήφ προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, Εγώ αποθνήσκω· ο δε Θεός θέλει βεβαίως σας επισκεφθή και θέλει σας αναβιβάσει εκ της γης ταύτης εις την γην, την οποίαν ώμοσε προς τον Αβραάμ, προς τον Ισαάκ και προς τον Ιακώβ.
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 Και ώρκισεν ο Ιωσήφ τους υιούς Ισραήλ, λέγων, Ο Θεός βεβαίως θέλει σας επισκεφθή και θέλετε αναβιβάσει τα οστά μου εντεύθεν.
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 Και ετελεύτησεν ο Ιωσήφ εν ηλικία ετών εκατόν δέκα· και εβαλσάμωσαν αυτόν· και ετέθη εις θήκην εν τη Αιγύπτω.
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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“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)