Genesis 50
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And Joseph fell on the face of his father and wept on him, and kissed him. 2
And Joseph commanded the physicians, his servants, to embalm his father; and
the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled, for so are
fulfilled the days of those embalmed. And Egypt wept for him seventy days. 4
And the days of his weeping passed by, and Joseph spoke to the house of
Pharaoh, saying, Now if I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the
ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; you
shall bury me there in the grave which I have dug for myself in the land of
Canaan. And now please let me go up and bury my father, and return. 6 And
Pharaoh said, Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear. 7 And Joseph
went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharaoh went up with him,
the elders of his house, even all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all
the house of Joseph and his brothers, and the house of his father. Only, they
left their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.
9 And both horsemen and chariots went up with him; and the company was very
great. 10 And they came as far as the threshing floor of thorns, which is on the
other side of the Jordan. And they mourned there with a great and very heavy
mourning. And he made a lamentation for his father seven days. 11 And those
living in the land, the Canaanites, saw the wailing in the grain floor of
thorns. And they said, This is a very great wailing to Egypt; for this reason
its name was called The Meadow of Egypt, which is on the other side of Jordan.
12 And his sons did to him as he had commanded them. 13 And his sons carried
him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah; the field which Abraham bought for a burying
place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 And
after he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and
all those going up with him to bury his father. 15 And Joseph's brothers saw
that their father was dead. And they said, What if Joseph should bear a grudge
against us and repaying should repay us all the evil which we did to him? 16
And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, 17 Your father commanded before his
death, saying, So you shall say to Joseph, Please lift up now the rebellion of
your brothers, and their sin; for they did evil to you. And now please lift up
the rebellion of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when
they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face. And
they said, Behold, we are your servants. 19 And Joseph said to them, Do not
fear. For am I in the place of God? 20 And you, you intended evil against me,
but God meant it for good, in order to make it as it is this day, to keep a
great many people alive. 21 And now do not fear; I will nourish you and your
little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke to their hearts. 22 And Joseph
lived in Egypt, he and the house of his father. And Joseph lived a hundred and
ten years. 23 And Joseph saw the sons of Ephraim to the third generation. Also
the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees. 24 And
Joseph said to his brothers, I am dying, and God visiting will visit you and
bring you up from this land to the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, God visiting
will visit you, and you will bring up my bones from here. 26 And Joseph died, a
son of a hundred and ten years. And they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin
in Egypt.