Genesis 50

τοῖς ἐνταφιασταῖς, "the undertakers," where the Masoretic version reads "the healers" (הָרֹפְאִים): the Greek names Joseph's servants by the work they do, those who make the body ready for burial, and its verb ἐνταφιάζω is the one used of Jesus' body (Matt 26:12; John 19:40, "as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial"), where the Masoretic version reads "embalm."

Swete prints καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν αὐτοὺς τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας, "And he filled them forty days," with Vaticanus, where Rahlfs reads ἐπλήρωσαν αὐτοῦ, "they filled his forty days," near the Masoretic version's "And forty days were filled for him." As printed, Joseph is the subject and the undertakers the object: he kept them at their work forty days. The reading is confirmed on the scan of Swete's page (Vaticanus) and translated as printed. οὕτως γὰρ καταριθμοῦνται αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς ταφῆς, "for thus are numbered the days of the burial," for "thus are filled the days of the embalming."

The Greek lacks "Look, I am dying" in the father's words (seeded) and both "please" (seeded). ἀναβὰς θάψω, "having gone up, I will bury," for "let me go up, please, and bury." Swete prints ἀπελεύσομαι, "I will go away," with Vaticanus, where Rahlfs reads ἐπανελεύσομαι, "I will come back," and the Masoretic version "I will return": in Swete's text Joseph asks leave to go, and says nothing of his return.

πᾶσα ἡ πανοικία, "all the whole household," and ἡ οἰκία ἡ πατρικὴ αὐτοῦ, "his paternal house," with a second "all" (seeded). Swete adds καὶ ἡ συγγενία αὐτοῦ, "and his kindred," with Vaticanus, where Rahlfs has no such words; it is marked as a plus. The Greek lacks the Masoretic version's "Solely their little ones" (רַק טַפָּם), which the alignment does not seed; the lack is marked: in the Greek only the flocks and herds stay behind. The sheep and the oxen are "reserved," ὑπελίποντο.

ἅλωνα Ἀτάδ, "the threshing floor of Atad," where the Masoretic version reads "the threshing floor of the boxthorn" (הָאָטָד, with the article): the Greek takes the common noun as a name and transliterates it, marked as a name. The Greek adds αὐτόν, "for him," and lacks "there" (both seeded). ἐκόψαντο … κοπετόν, "they beat their breasts … with a breast-beating," keeps the Masoretic version's figure of verb and noun; ἰσχυρόν, "strong," for "heavy." Swete prints ἐποίησαν, "they made," with Vaticanus, where Rahlfs and the Masoretic version have "he made."

The Greek names the place by the mourning: Πένθος Αἰγύπτου, "Mourning of Egypt," where the Masoretic version transliterates Abel-mizraim; the name translated is marked (153b, as "City of Heroes," 46:28). The Masoretic version hears אָבֵל "mourning" in the place name (אָבֵל, "meadow," elsewhere), and the Greek writes only the mourning. οἱ κάτοικοι τῆς γῆς Χανάαν, "the dwellers of the land of Canaan," for "the dweller of the land, the Canaanite"; πένθος μέγα, "a great mourning," for "a heavy mourning"; τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, "for the Egyptians," for "for Egypt." Swete prints ἴδον for εἶδον.

τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, "the double cave," where the Masoretic version reads "the cave of the field of the Machpelah": the name translated, marked as at 23:9 and 49:30, and "of the field" lacking (seeded). Abraham acquired "the cave," τὸ σπήλαιον, where the Masoretic version reads "the field," here and at 49:30.

Μή ποτε μνησικακήσῃ ἡμῖν Ἰωσήφ, "Lest Joseph remember wrong against us," where the Masoretic version reads "Suppose Joseph is hostile to us": the brothers' anxious μή ποτε is "lest" (153d, 154g). ἀνταπόδομα ἀνταποδῷ, "requite with a requital," is the Greek's form for the Masoretic version's "returning, returns," a standard equivalence (143). Swete prints Μή ποτε as two words where Rahlfs reads μήποτε.

παρεγένοντο πρὸς Ἰωσήφ, "they came up to Joseph," where the Masoretic version reads "they commanded to Joseph" (וַיְצַוּוּ): the Greek has them come in person, and its ὥρκισεν, "made swear," stands for the Masoretic version's "commanded." The verb has no object in the Greek; "us" is supplied and set in italics as a supplied word (guide §7), since the brothers speak of an oath laid on them.

The Greek lacks "Ah" and both "please" (seeded). εἴπατε, "say," an imperative, for "you shall say." Ἄφες αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀδικίαν, "Let go for them the injustice," where the Masoretic version reads "lift the revolt of your brothers": the brothers are "them," and the Greek has no "of your brothers" (אַחֶיךָ), which the alignment does not seed; the lack is marked. ἀδικία, "injustice," stands for "revolt" (פֶּשַׁע) here and in the second plea, and ἀφίημι, "let go," is the verb of Matt 6:12 (144d). In the second plea the Greek has δέξαι, "receive," for "lift."

καὶ ἐλθόντες πρὸς αὐτόν, "And, having come to him" ("to him" seeded), where the Masoretic version reads "And his brothers also went and fell before his face": the seeded lack covers the whole, "also" (גַּם, 150l) included. Οἵδε ἡμεῖς οἰκέται, "Here we are, domestics," where the Masoretic version reads "Here we are, yours for slaves": the Greek has no word for "yours" (לְךָ), which the alignment does not seed, and the lack is marked; οἰκέτης is the household slave (Luke 16:13).

τοῦ γὰρ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι, "for I am God's," where the Masoretic version reads "for am I in the place of Elohim?" The Greek has no question and no "in the place of" (תַּחַת): Joseph does not refuse to stand where God stands; he says whose he is. Rahlfs reads τοῦ γὰρ θεοῦ εἰμι ἐγώ, the same words in another order; Swete prints εἰμί with a stray mark.

ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρά, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθά, "You took counsel against me for evil things, but God took counsel concerning me for good things": one verb for both, as the Masoretic version has one ("reckoned"), and the pair is kept. The Greek adds "concerning me" (seeded) and has the plural "evil things … good things." ὅπως ἂν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον, "so that it may come to be as today," for "so as to do as this day"; ἵνα τραφῇ λαὸς πολύς, "so that many people may be fed," for "to keep alive a vast people," where Swete prints τραφῇ with Vaticanus and Rahlfs reads διατραφῇ, "be sustained."

Where the Masoretic version reads "And now, do not fear," the Greek has εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, "Now he said to them" (seeded plus), and lacks "And now" (seeded); Swete prints the δέ where Rahlfs reads differently. τὰς οἰκίας ὑμῶν, "your houses," for "your little ones"; εἰς τὴν καρδίαν, "into their heart," for "on their heart."

Ἐφράιμ παιδία ἕως τρίτης γενεᾶς, "Ephraim's little children until the third generation," where the Masoretic version reads "for Ephraim sons of thirds"; and the sons of Machir were born ἐπὶ μηρῶν, "on the thighs," for "on the knees." Swete spells Machir Μαχείρ.

The Greek adds λέγων, "saying," and, in the oath, ὁ θεὸς τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν, "God … to our fathers": one seeded span, which English must split around the verb "swore," so it is marked as two pluses, "God" and "to our fathers." ἐπισκοπῇ δὲ ἐπισκέψεται, "but God will visit you with a visitation," the dative noun for the Masoretic version's "attending, will attend" (a standard equivalence), with δέ "but." ἐπισκοπή is the visitation of Luke 19:44, "you did not come to know the kairos of your visitation."

Ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ ᾗ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός, "In the visitation with which God will visit you," where the Masoretic version reads "Elohim, attending, will attend to you": the Greek makes the visitation the time of the charge. καὶ συνανοίσετε τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐντεῦθεν μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν, "you shall also carry up together my bones from here with you" ("with you" seeded). Exod 13:19 and Heb 11:22 recall the charge.

ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα, "of a hundred ten years," for "a son of a hundred and ten years," a standard equivalence (154e). καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτόν, "and they buried him," where the Masoretic version reads "and they embalmed him," and ἔθηκαν, "they set him," active, for "he was put." ἡ σορός, "the coffin," the burial urn or chest of the Greek world and the bier of Luke 7:14, where the Masoretic version reads "the chest" (אָרוֹן, 136b); the Greek does not use κιβωτός, the chest of Noah and of the covenant (144a), so Joseph's coffin and the chest of the covenant are two words here, one in the Masoretic version.