Genesis 50

1 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

6 Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

7 Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—

8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

9 Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.

10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

11 When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.

13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

14 After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”

16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,

17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

18 His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”

19 But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

21 Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.

22 Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.

23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

1 ¶ And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

7 ¶ And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.

12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

15 ¶ And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of God?

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

22 ¶ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

26 So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to anoint his father. And the physicians anointed Israel,

3 Until forty days were expired: for so long were the days of anointing. And the Egyptians wept over him seventy days.

4 And when the days of suffering were ended, Joseph spake unto Pharaoh's servants, saying, If I have found grace in your sight, speak unto Pharaoh, and say:

5 My father hath taken an oath of me, saying, Behold, I die; bury me in my grave, which I have digged for myself in the land of Canaan. Now therefore I will go up, and bury my father, and come again.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, bury thy father, as thou swarest unto him.

7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. And there went up with him all Pharaoh's servants, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 And all Joseph's household, and his brethren, and his father's household. Only their children, and their flocks, and their herds, left they in the land of Goshen.

9 And they also went up with him chariots and horsemen, and were almost a great host.

10 And when they were come to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is on the other side Jordan, they mourned a very great and bitter lamentation: and he mourned for his father seven days.

11 And when the people of the land, the Canaanites, saw the lamentation at the threshingfloor of Atad, they said: The Egyptians have a great lamentation there. Wherefore the place of the Egyptians is called Lamentation, which is on the other side Jordan.

12 And his children did as he commanded them,

13 And they brought him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the twofold cave of the field, which Abraham had bought with the field for the inheritance of Ephron the Hittite over against Mamre.

14 And when they had buried him, Joseph went again into Egypt with his brethren, and with all that went up with him to bury his father.

15 And Joseph's brethren were afraid, because their father was dead, and said: Joseph will be angry with us, and will repay us for all the evil we have done him.

16 Therefore they said unto him, Thy father commanded before his death, saying:

17 And ye shall say unto Joseph, Forgive thy brethren their iniquity, and their sin, because they have done so evil unto thee. Forgive now, O my beloved, the iniquity of us the servants of thy father's God. But Joseph wept when they spake these things unto him.

18 And his brethren went and fell down before him, and said, Behold, we are thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them: Fear not, for I am under GOD.

20 Ye thought to do evil unto me: but God thought to do it well, to do as it is now in the day, to preserve much people.

21 Fear not therefore; I will provide for you, and for your children. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

22 So Joseph dwelt in Egypt with his father's house, and lived an hundred and ten years.

23 And he saw the children of Ephraim unto the third generation. And likewise the children of Machir the son of Manasseh begat children in Joseph's bosom.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren: I die, and GOD will visit you and bring you out of this land into the land which He swore to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

25 Therefore he took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, When God shall visit you, carry away my bones from thence.

26 So Joseph died when he was an hundred and ten years old. And they anointed him, and laid him in an ark in Egypt.