Gen 50 | ABEn | STEP | And Joseph falling upon the face of his father, wept over him, and kissed him.

Genesis 50

CHAPTER 50 Jacob Entombed in Mamre

1 And Joseph falling upon the face of his father, wept over him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph assigned to his servants, to the embalmers to embalm his father. And [³embalmed ¹the ²embalmers] Israel. 3 And they accomplished embalming him in forty days, for thus they counted down the days of the burial. And [²mourned ³him ¹Egypt] seventy days. 4 And when [³went by ¹the ²days] of the mourning, Joseph spoke to the mighty ones of Pharaoh, saying, If I found favor before you, speak into the ears of Pharaoh! saying, 5 My father bound me by an oath before his coming to an end, saying, In the memorial which I dug myself, in the land of Canaan, there entomb me! Now then, ascending, I will entomb my father, and I will return back. 6 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Ascend, entomb your father! just as he bound you by an oath. 7 And Joseph ascended to entomb his father. And went up with him all the servants of Pharaoh, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the whole family of Joseph, and his brothers, and all the house hold of his father, and the kin. And the sheep and the oxen were left behind in the land of Goshen. 9 And went up with him also chariots and horsemen. And [³became ¹the ²camp ⁵great ⁴exceedingly]. 10 And they came upon the threshing-floor of Atad, which is on the other side of the Jordan. And they lamented him by beating the breast, great and strong, exceedingly. And he made the mourning of his father seven days. 11 And [⁶saw ¹the ²inhabitants ³of the ⁴land ⁵of Canaan] the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad. And they said, [⁴mourning ³a great ¹This ²is] to the Egyptians. On account of this they called the name of that place, Mourning of Egypt, which is on the other side of the Jordan. 12 And [²did ³to him ⁴thus ¹his sons], as he gave charge to them. 13 And [²took ³him ¹his sons] into the land of Canaan. And they entombed him in the [²cave ¹double] which Abraham acquired; the cave for a possession of a memorial from Ephron the Hittite, over against Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned to Egypt, himself and his brothers, and all the ones going up with him to entomb his father. 15 [⁵knowing ¹And ²the ³brothers ⁴of Joseph] that [²died ¹their father], said, Lest at any time [²should resent ³us ¹Joseph], and with a recompense, recompense to us all the bad things which we demonstrated against him, 16 that they having come to Joseph, said, Your father bound us by an oath before he came to an end, saying, 17 So say to Joseph, You forgive them the injustice and their sin! for the wicked way they demonstrated against you. And now you accept the injustice of the attendants of the God of your father! And Joseph wept during their speaking to him. 18 And coming to him, they said, See! we are your servants. 19 And [²said ³to them ¹Joseph], Do not fear! for [²of God ¹I am]. 20 You planned concerning me for evil, but God planned concerning me for good, that it should be as it is today, that he might maintain [²people ¹many]. 21 And he said to them, Do not fear! I will maintain you, and your residence. And he comforted them, and spoke of them in the heart. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brothers, and all the whole family of his father. And Joseph lived [³years ¹a hundred ²ten]. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children unto the third generation. And the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph's thighs. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, saying, I die, and visiting, [²will visit ³you ¹God], and lead you from out of this land, into the land which [²swore by an oath ¹God] to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 And Joseph bound by an oath the sons of Israel, saying, In the visitation in which God will visit you, even you shall join in carrying off my bones from here with you. 26 And Joseph came to an end -- [³years old ¹a hundred ²ten]. And they entombed him, and they placed him in the coffin in Egypt.