50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face,
and wept on him, and kissed him.
50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father;
and the embalmers embalmed Israel.
50:3 And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming
numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.
50:4 And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of
Pharaoh, saying, If I have found favour in your sight, speak concerning me in
the ears ofPharaoh, saying,
50:5 My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself
in the land of Chanaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and
bury my father, and return again.
50:6 AndPharaoh said to Joseph, Go up, bury thy father, as he constrained
thee to swear.
50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants ofPharaoh
went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the
land of Egypt.
50:8 And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of
his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in
the land of Gesem.
50:9 And there went up with him also chariots and horsemen; and there was a
very great company.
50:10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan;
and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a
mourning for his father seven days.
50:11 And the inhabitants of the land of Chanaan saw the mourning at the
floor of Atad, and said, This is a great mourning to the Egyptians;
therefore he called its name, The mourning of Egypt, which is beyond Jordan.
50:12 And thus his sons did to him.
50:13 So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan, and buried him in
the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for possession of a burying place,
of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre.
50:14 And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and those that had
gone up with him to bury his father.
50:15 And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they
said, [Let us take heed], lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us,
and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.
50:16 And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured [us] before his
death, saying,
50:17 Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin,
forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon the injustice of the
servants of the Elohim of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.
50:18 And they came to him and said, We, these [persons], are thy servants.
50:19 And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am Elohim's.
50:20 Ye took counsel against me for evil, but Elohim took counsel for me for
good, that [the matter] might be as [it is] to-day, and much people might be
fed.
50:21 And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families:
and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brethren, and all the family of
his father; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
50:23 And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and
the sons of Machir the son of Manasse were borne on the sides of Joseph.
50:24 And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and Elohim will surely
visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which
Elohim sware to our fathers, Abraam, Isaac, and Jacob.
50:25 And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with
which Elohim shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.
50:26 And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and they prepared his
corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt. |
50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face,
and wept upon him, and kissed him.
50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father:
and the physicians embalmed Israel.
50:3 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.
50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the
house ofPharaohh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I
pray you, in the ears ofPharaohh, saying,
50:5 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.
50:6 AndPharaohh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee
swear.
50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the
servants ofPharaohh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land
of Egypt,
50:8 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.
50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a
very great company.
50:10 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.
50:11 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.
50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
50:13 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.
50:14 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.
50:15 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.
50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command
before he died, saying,
50:17 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 Elohim of thy father. And
Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they
said, Behold, we be thy servants.
50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of Elohim?
50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but Elohim meant it unto
good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph
lived an hundred and ten years.
50:23 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.
50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and Elohim will surely visit
you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob.
50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, Elohim will
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed
him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. |