Then Joseph fell
on his father's
face
, and wept
over
him and kissed
him.
Joseph commanded
his servants
the physicians
to embalm
his father
. So the physicians
aembalmed
Israel
.
Now forty days
were 1required
for 2it, for 3such
is the period
required
for embalming
. And the Egyptians
awept
for him seventy
days
.
When the days of 1mourning
for him were past
, Joseph
spoke
to the household
of Pharaoh
, saying
, "If
now
I have found
favor
in your sight
, please
speak
2to Pharaoh
, saying
,
` aMy father made me swear
, saying
, "Behold
, I am about to die
; in my grave
bwhich
I dug
for myself in the land
of Canaan
, there
you shall bury
me." Now
therefore, please
let me go
up and bury
my father
; then I will return
.' "
Pharaoh said
, "Go
up and bury
your father
, as he made you swear
."
So Joseph went
up to bury
his father
, and with him went
up all
the servants
of Pharaoh
, the elders
of his household
and all
the elders
of the land
of Egypt
,
and all the household
of Joseph
and his brothers
and his father's
household
; they left
only
their little
ones
and their flocks
and their herds
in the land
of Goshen
.
There also went up with him both
chariots
and horsemen
; and it was a very
great
company
.
When they came to the 1threshing
floor
of Atad
, which
is beyond
the Jordan
, they alamented
there
with a very
great
and 2sorrowful
lamentation
; and he 3observed
seven
days
mourning
for his father
.
Now when the inhabitants of the land
, the Canaanites
, saw
the mourning
at 1the threshing
floor
of Atad
, they said
, "This
is a 2grievous
3mourning
for the Egyptians
." Therefore
it was named
4Abel-mizraim
, which
is beyond
the Jordan
.
Thus his sons
did
for him as he had charged
them;
for his sons carried
him to the land
of Canaan
and buried
him in athe cave
of the field
of Machpelah
before
Mamre
, which
Abraham
had bought
along with the field
for a 1burial
site
from Ephron
the Hittite
.
After he had buried
his father
, Joseph
returned
to Egypt
, he and his brothers
, and all
who had gone
up with him to bury
his father
.
When Joseph's brothers
saw
that their father
was dead
, they said
, " aWhat if Joseph
bears
a grudge
against
us and pays
us back
in full
for all
the wrong
which
we did
to him!"
So they 1sent a message to Joseph
, saying
, "Your father
charged
before
he died
, saying
,
`Thus you shall say
to Joseph
, "Please
forgive
, I beg
you, the transgression
of your brothers
and their sin
, for they did
you wrong
."' And now
, please
forgive
the transgression
of the servants
of the God
of your father
." And Joseph
wept
when they spoke
to him.
Then his brothers also
came
and afell
down
before
him and said
, "Behold
, we are your servants
."
But Joseph said
to them, "Do not be afraid
, for am I in God's
place
?
"As for you, ayou meant evil
against
me, but God
meant
it for good
in order
to bring
about
1this
present
result, to preserve
many
people
alive
.
"So therefore, do not be afraid
; aI will provide
for you and your little
ones
." So he comforted
them and spoke
1kindly
to them.
Now Joseph stayed
in Egypt
, he and his father's
household
, and Joseph
lived
one hundred
and ten
years
.
Joseph saw
the third
generation of Ephraim's
sons
; also
the sons
of Machir
, the son
of Manasseh
, were aborn
on Joseph's
knees
.
Joseph said
to his brothers
, " aI am about to die
, but God
will surely
1take
care
of you and bring
you up from this
land
to the land
which
He 2promised
on oath
to bAbraham
, to cIsaac
and to dJacob
."
Then Joseph made the sons
of Israel
swear
, saying
, "God
will surely
1take
care
of you, and ayou shall carry
my bones
up from here
."
So Joseph died
at the age
of one hundred
and ten
years
; and 1he was aembalmed
and placed
in a coffin
in Egypt
.