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18 And his brothers also go and fall before him, and say, “Behold, we [are] to you for servants.” 19 And Joseph says to them, “Do not fear, for [am] I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you devised evil against me, [but] God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people; 21 and now, do not fear: I nourish you and your infants”; and he comforts them, and speaks to their heart. 22 And Joseph dwells in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph lives one hundred and ten years, 23 and Joseph looks on Ephraim’s sons of a third [generation]; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph. 24 And Joseph says to his brothers, “I am dying, and God certainly inspects you, and has caused you to go up from this land, to the land which He has sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 And Joseph causes the sons of Israel to swear, saying, “God certainly inspects you, and you have brought up my bones from this [place].” 26 And Joseph dies, a son of one hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt. Genesis 50:18-26, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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