Genesis 50

1 And Joseph fell upon the face of his father, and wept upon him and kissed him.

And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father’s face weeping and kissing him.

2 Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians, to embalm his father, —so the physicians embalmed Israel.

And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.

3 And they fulfilled for him forty days, for so, are they wont to fulfil the days of the embalmed, —and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.

4 And, when the days of weeping for him were passed, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh saying, —If I pray you, I have found favour in your eyes, speak ye I pray you in the ears of Pharaoh saying:

And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:

5 My father, made me swear saying, —Lo! I, am about to die, —in my grave which I digged for myself in the land of Canaan, there, shalt thou bury me. Now, therefore, let me go up, I pray thee and bury my father, and return.

For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.

6 And Pharaoh said, —Go up., and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.

And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.

7 So Joseph went up. to bury his father, —and there went up with him all the servants of Pharaoh the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt;

So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao’s house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father, —only their little ones and their flocks and their herds, left they. in the land of Goshen.

And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen.

9 And there went up with him, both chariots and horsemen, —so it came to pass that, the company, was exceeding great,

He had also in his train chariots and horsemen: and it was a great company.

10 And they came in, as far as the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they there—an exceeding great and grievous wailing, —and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days.

And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.

11 And when the dwellers in the land—the Canaanites—saw the mourning in the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, they said, —A grievous mourning, this! for the Egyptians. For this cause, was the name thereof called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.

12 And his sons did for him thus as he had commanded them;

So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.

13 so his sons carried him to 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 from Ephron the Hittite over against Mamre.

And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought together with the field for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hethite over against Mambre.

14 Then Joseph returned to Egypt he and his brethren and all who had been up with him to bury his father, —after he had buried his father.

And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father.

15 Now when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said—Oh! if Joseph should lie in wait for us, —and should return, to us, all the evil wherewith we requited him!

Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.

16 So they sent in charge unto Joseph saying, —Thy father, gave command before he died saying:

And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,

17 Thus, shall ye say to Joseph—Ah now! do forgive we pray thee the transgression of thy brethren and their sin in that with evil, they requited thee. Now, therefore grant forgiveness we pray thee, for the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father! And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.

18 Then went his brethren also, and fell down before him, —and said, Behold us! thine for servants.

And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them—Do not fear, —although in place of God, I am.

And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?

20 Ye, indeed, planned against me, evil, —God, planned it, for good, for the sake of doing, as at this day, to save alive much people.

You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

21 Now, therefore do not fear! I will nourish you and your little ones. Thus he consoled them, and spake unto their heart.

Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.

22 And Joseph abode in Egypt, he, and his father’s house, —and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father’s house: and lived a hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s, sons of three generations—moreover the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph’s knees.

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

24 Then said Joseph unto his brethren, I, am about to die, —but God will surely concern, himself for you, so will he take you up out of this land, into the land which he sware to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob.

After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear saying, —God will, surely concern, himself for you, So shall ye carry up my bones, from hence.

And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my bones with you out of this place:

26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old, —and they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.