Genesis 50

Genesis 50 read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew — plain modern English, nothing added. Translator's notes: • Genesis 50:5 — כָּרִיתִי (kariti): chose "I dug for myself". Alternatives: "I bought for myself". Why: the root can mean dig or buy/trade; a grave is dug, so the rendering follows the object in view. • Genesis 50:11 — אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם (Avel Mitzrayim): chose "Abel-mizraim". Alternatives: rendering the name by its sound-alike sense, "mourning of Egypt". Why: the place name sounds like the Hebrew word for mourning, which is the point of the naming, but it is spoken as a name in the text.