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1 Joseph, realizing this, fell upon his father’s face, weeping and kissing him. Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
2 And he instructed his servant physicians to embalm his father with aromatics. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,
3 And while they were fulfilling his orders, forty days passed. For this was the method of embalming dead bodies. And Egypt wept for him for seventy days. Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 And when the time for mourning was fulfilled, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharaoh: “If I have found favor in your sight, speak to the ears of Pharaoh. And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 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 For my father made me swear, saying: ‘See, I am dying. You shall bury me in my sepulcher which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Therefore, I shall go up and bury my father, and then return.” ‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.” Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.’” 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 And Pharaoh said to him, “Go up and bury your father, just as he made you swear.” And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.” Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 So as he went up, all the elders of the house of Pharaoh went with him, along with every patriarch in the land of Egypt, So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 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—
8 and the house of Joseph with his brothers, except their little ones and flocks and also the herds, which they left behind in the land of Goshen. as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. 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 Likewise, he had in his company chariots and horsemen. And it became a crowd without restraint. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company. Chariots and horsemen also went up with him. It was a very large company.
10 And they arrived at the threshing place of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan. There they spent seven full days celebrating the funeral rites with a great and vehement lamentation. When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 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.
11 And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan had seen this, they said, “This is a great Lamentation for the Egyptians.” And for this reason, the name of that place was called, “The Lamentation of Egypt.” When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. 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.
12 And so, the sons of Jacob did just as he had instructed them. Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them, So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:
13 And carrying him into the land of Canaan, they buried him in the double cave, which Abraham had bought along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial, opposite Mamre. for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 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 along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.
14 And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brothers and all those of his company, having buried his father. After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. 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.
15 Now that he was dead, his brothers were afraid, and they said to one another: “Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he suffered and requite us for all the evil that we did to him.” When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” 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?”
16 So they sent a message to him, saying: “Your father instructed us before he died, So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died:
17 that we should say these words to you from him: ‘I beg you to forget the wickedness of your brothers, and the sin and malice that they practiced against you.’ Likewise, we petition you to release the servants of the God of your father from this iniquity.” Hearing this, Joseph wept. ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 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 And his brothers went to him. And reverencing prostrate on the ground, they said, “We are your servants.” His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
19 And he answered them: “Do not be afraid. Are we able to resist the will of God? But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
20 You devised evil against me. But God turned it into good, so that he might exalt me, just as you presently discern, and so that he might bring about the salvation of many peoples. As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
21 Do not be afraid. I will pasture you and your little ones.” And he consoled them, and he spoke mildly and leniently. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
22 <V 50:22>And he lived in Egypt with all his father’s house; and he survived for one hundred and ten years. So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years
23 And he saw the sons of Ephraim to the third generation. Likewise, the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born onto Joseph’s knees. And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own. 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.
24 <V 50:23>After these things happened, he said to his brothers: “God will visit you after my death, and he will make you ascend from this land into the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 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.”
25 <V 50:24>And when he had made them swear and had said, “God will visit you; carry my bones with you from this place,” Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26 <V 50:25>he died, having completed one hundred and ten years of his life. And having been embalmed with aromatics, he was laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt. So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
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