^{1 Ref} And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;

^{2 Ref} and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

^{3 Ref} and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

^{4 Ref} And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

^{5 Ref} My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

^{6 Ref} and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

^{7 Ref} And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

^{8 Ref} and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

^{9 Ref} and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.

^{10 Ref} And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which `is' beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,

^{11 Ref} and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning `is' this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath `one' called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which `is' beyond the Jordan.

^{12 Ref} And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

^{13 Ref} and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

¹⁴ And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father.

^{15 Ref} And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

^{16 Ref} And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

^{17 Ref} Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

^{18 Ref} And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'

^{19 Ref} And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for `am' I in the place of God?

^{20 Ref} As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as `at' this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

^{21 Ref} and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

²² And Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth a hundred and ten years,

^{23 Ref} and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third `generation'; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

^{24 Ref} And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

^{25 Ref} And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this `place'.'

^{26 Ref} And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

^{1 Ref} And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

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

^{3 Ref} And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

^{4 Ref} And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

^{7 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

^{10 Ref} And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

^{11 Ref} 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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

^{12 Ref} And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

^{13 Ref} 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 burying-place, 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 Ref} And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

^{16 Ref} And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

^{17 Ref} So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

^{18 Ref} And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

^{19 Ref} And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

^{20 Ref} And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

^{21 Ref} 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 a hundred and ten years.

^{23 Ref} And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

^{24 Ref} And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

^{25 Ref} 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 Ref} So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.