Genesis 50

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

Then Joseph hugged his father's face, and wept over him, and kissed him.

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

Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 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.

Forty days were required for it, for that is how many the days it takes for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him for seventy days.

4 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:

When the days for mourning for him had passed, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 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.

'My father made me take an oath, saying, "Look, I am dying. Bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will return again.'"

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

And Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, in keeping with your oath."

7 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,

So Joseph went up to bury his father, and all the officials of Pharaoh went up with him, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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

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

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

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very large company.

10 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.

Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad which is across the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very bitter lamentation. And he observed seven days of mourning for his father.

11 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.

When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a deep mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore, its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is across the Jordan.

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

So his sons did to him just as he commanded them,

13 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.

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial site from Ephron the Hethite.

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

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

15 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.

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will pay us back in full for all of the evil that we did to him."

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

So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave this command before he died, saying,

17 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.

Thus you are to tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you."' And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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

Then his brothers also went and fell down in front of him, and they said, "Look, we are your slaves."

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

But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

20 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.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God turned it into good in order to bring about this present result, to save the lives of many people.

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

So therefore, do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones." And he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

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

So Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's household. And Joseph lived one hundred ten years.

23 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.

Joseph saw Ephraim's descendants to the third generation. The children also of Makir, the son of Manasseh, were counted as Joseph's own.

24 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.

And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up out of this land to the land which he promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

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

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath, saying, "God will surely take care of you. Then you must carry up my bones from here."

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

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