영어성경공부 (창세기 50장)

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Genesis 50

1. Joseph threw himself upon his father and wept over him and kissed him.

2. Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,

* physician: 격식, 특히 美 | 의사, 내과 의사

* embalm: (시체에[를]) 방부 처리를 하다[미라로 만들다]

 

3. taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4. When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's court, "If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,

5. 'My father made me swear an oath and said, "I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.'"

6. Pharaoh said, 'Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.'

7. So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh's officials accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt—

* dignitary: 고위 관리

 

8. besides all the members of Joseph's household and his brothers and those belonging to his father's household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

9. Chariots and horsemen also went up with him. It was a very large company.

10. 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.

* lament: 애통[한탄/통탄]하다

* bitterly: 비통하게, 격렬히

* observe: <행동 등을> 유지하다 / <의식·제례 등을> 거행[집행]하다; <축제일을> 지내다

 

11. When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, 'The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.' That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.

* solemn: 침통한, 근엄한, 엄숙한

 

12. So Jacob's sons did as he had commanded them:

13. 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 as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, along with the field.

14. 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..

 

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

* reassure: 안심시키다

 

15. When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?"

* grudge: 원한

 

16. So they sent word to Joseph, saying, 'Your father left these instructions before he died:

17. '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.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

18. His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. 'We are your slaves,' they said.

19. But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

20. You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

21. So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

 

The Death of Joseph

 

22. Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years

23. and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees.

* on one's knees: 성경에서 adoption의 sign으로 사용됨

<form Bard> Here are some other passages from the Bible that mention the practice of placing children on the knees as a sign of adoption: • Genesis 48:14-16: "Then Jacob took Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and placed them on his knees, Ephraim on his right hand and Manasseh on his left, and he blessed them." • 1 Samuel 1:26: "And she took the child and laid it in the Lord's house, on the knees of the priest Eli." These passages show that the practice of placing children on the knees was a common way to signify adoption in the ancient Near East. It was a way of showing love, protection, and acceptance.

24. Then Joseph said to his brothers, '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.'

* come[go] to one's aid [come to help[assist]]: 도움을 주다 / 내원하다

 

25. And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, 'God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.'

26. So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

* coffin: 관