Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 50

21So now, have no fear. I will provide for you and your young children.” He thus comforted them. He spoke to them reassuringly.   כאוְעַתָּה֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אוּ אָֽנֹכִ֛י אֲכַלְכֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־טַפְּכֶ֑ם וַיְנַחֵ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־לִבָּֽם:
וַיְדַבֵּר עַל־לִבָּֽם - (lit.) He spoke upon their hearts - means: He spoke to them words appealing to the heart: “Before you came down here, people would gossip about me that I was a slave, but through you it became clear that I was a free man by birth. If I would kill you, what would people say about me? He saw a group of young men and glorified himself through them by saying, ‘They are my brothers,’ but ultimately he killed them! Have you ever heard of a man who kills his own brothers?!” Another explanation: He told them, “Ten lights could not extinguish one light, so how can one light extinguish ten?”   וַיְדַבֵּר עַל־לִבָּֽם.  דְּבָרִים הַמִּתְקַבְּלִים עַל הַלֵּב – עַד שֶׁלֹּא יְרַדְתֶּם לְכָאן הָיוּ מְרַנְּנִים עָלַי שֶׁאֲנִי עֶבֶד, עַל יְדֵיכֶם נוֹדַע שֶׁאֲנִי בֶן חֹרִין, וְאִם אֲנִי הוֹרֵג אֶתְכֶם, מָה הַבְּרִיוֹת אוֹמְרוֹת? כַּת שֶׁל בַּחוּרִים רָאָה וְנִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בָּהֶם וְאָמַר אַחַי הֵם, וּלְבַסּוֹף הָרַג אוֹתָם; יֵשׁ לְךָ אָח שֶׁהוֹרֵג אֶת אֶחָיו? דָּבָר אַחֵר, עֲשָׂרָה נֵרוֹת לֹא יָכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת נֵר אֶ' וְכוּ':
22Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived to be 110 years old.   כבוַיֵּ֤שֶׁב יוֹסֵף֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם ה֖וּא וּבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יו וַיְחִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים:
23Joseph lived long enough to see Ephraim’s great-grandchildren, and even longer still, for the children of Machir son of Manasseh were born during Joseph’s lifetime, and he lived long enough to teach them as he sat them between his knees.   כגוַיַּ֤רְא יוֹסֵף֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּנֵ֖י שִׁלֵּשִׁ֑ים גַּ֗ם בְּנֵ֤י מָכִיר֙ בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה יֻלְּד֖וּ עַל־בִּרְכֵּ֥י יוֹסֵֽף:
עַל־בִּרְכֵּי יוֹסֵף - Its meaning is as Onkelos translates it: וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵף, meaning: Joseph brought them up between his knees.   עַל־בִּרְכֵּי יוֹסֵף.  כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ גִּדְּלָן בֵּין בִּרְכָּיו:
24Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely remember you and take you up from this land, to the land that He promised by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”   כדוַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־אֶחָ֔יו אָֽנֹכִ֖י מֵ֑ת וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים פָּקֹ֧ד יִפְקֹ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֗ם וְהֶֽעֱלָ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙ מִן־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֛ע לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּלְיַֽעֲקֹֽב:
25And Joseph bound the sons of Israel by an oath to bind their descendants by an oath, saying, “God will surely remember you and your descendants, and when He does, you must have them take my bones up from here.”   כהוַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר פָּקֹ֨ד יִפְקֹ֤ד אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְהַֽעֲלִתֶ֥ם אֶת־עַצְמֹתַ֖י מִזֶּֽה:
26Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.   כווַיָּ֣מָת יוֹסֵ֔ף בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִ֑ים וַיַּֽחַנְט֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם בָּֽאָר֖וֹן בְּמִצְרָֽיִם: