Genesis 50

1 And Joseph falls on his father’s face, and weeps over him, and kisses him;

Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.

2 and Joseph commands his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 and they fulfill for him forty days, for so they fulfill the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.

4 And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaks to the house of Pharaoh, saying, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favour in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father caused me to swear, saying, Behold, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there you bury me; and now, please let me go up and bury my father, then I return”;

‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”

6 and Pharaoh says, “Go up and bury your father, as he caused you to swear.”

Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”

7 And Joseph goes up to bury his father, and all [the] servants of Pharaoh go up with him, [the] elderly of his house, and all [the] elderly of the land of Egypt,

Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, 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 their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

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

Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.

10 And they come to the threshing-floor of Atad, which [is] beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he makes for his father a mourning seven days,

They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.

11 and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, sees the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad and says, “A grievous mourning [is] this to the Egyptians”; therefore [one] has called its name “The mourning of the Egyptians,” which [is] beyond the Jordan.

When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

12 And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

His sons did to him just as he commanded them,

13 and his sons carry 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.

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, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.

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

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

15 And the brothers of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, “Perhaps Joseph hates us, and certainly returns to us all the evil which we did with him.”

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”

16 And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before his death, saying,

They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

17 Thus you say to Joseph: Ah, now, please bear with the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they have done you evil; and now, please bear with the transgression of the servants of the God of your father”; and Joseph weeps in their speaking to him.

‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 And his brothers also go and fall before him, and say, “Behold, we [are] to you for servants.”

His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

19 And Joseph says to them, “Do not fear, for [am] I in the place of God?

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

20 As for you, you devised evil against me, [but] God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

21 and now, do not fear: I nourish you and your infants”; and he comforts them, and speaks to their heart.

Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

22 And Joseph dwells in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph lives one hundred and ten years,

Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

23 and Joseph looks on Ephraim’s sons of a third [generation]; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

24 And Joseph says to his brothers, “I am dying, and God certainly inspects you, and has caused you to go up from this land, to the land which He has sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

25 And Joseph causes the sons of Israel to swear, saying, “God certainly inspects you, and you have brought up my bones from this [place].”

Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

26 And Joseph dies, a son of one hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.