And Joseph fell
upon his father's
face
, and wept
upon him, and kissed
him.
And Joseph commanded
his servants
the physicians
to embalm
his father
: and the physicians
embalmed
Israel
.
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
.
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
,
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
.
And Pharaoh said
, Go up
, and bury
thy father
, according as he made thee swear
.
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
,
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
.
And there went up with him both chariots
and horsemen
: and it was a very
great
company
.
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
.
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
.
And his sons did
unto him according as he commanded
them:
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
.
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
.
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.
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph
, saying
, Thy father
did command
before
he died
, saying
,
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.
And his brethren also went
and fell down
before his face
; and they said
, Behold, we be thy servants
.
And Joseph said
unto them, Fear
not: for am I in the place of God
?
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
.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish
you, and your little ones
. And he comforted
them, and spake
kindly
unto them.
And Joseph dwelt
in Egypt
, he, and his father's
house
: and Joseph
lived
an hundred
and ten
years
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
So Joseph died
, being an hundred
and ten
years
old
: and they embalmed
him, and he was put
in a coffin
in Egypt
.