Genesis 50
1 quod cernens Ioseph ruit super faciem patris flens et deosculans eum
Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
2 praecepitque servis suis medicis ut aromatibus condirent patrem
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 quibus iussa explentibus transierunt quadraginta dies iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum flevitque eum Aegyptus septuaginta diebus
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 et expleto planctus tempore locutus est Ioseph ad familiam Pharaonis si inveni gratiam in conspectu vestro loquimini in auribus Pharaonis
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 eo quod pater meus adiuraverit me dicens en morior in sepulchro meo quod fodi mihi in terra Chanaan sepelies me ascendam igitur et sepeliam patrem meum ac revertar
‘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 dixitque ei Pharao ascende et sepeli patrem tuum sicut adiuratus es
Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
7 quo ascendente ierunt cum eo omnes senes domus Pharaonis cunctique maiores natu terrae Aegypti
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 domus Ioseph cum fratribus suis absque parvulis et gregibus atque armentis quae dereliquerant in terra Gessen
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 habuit quoque in comitatu currus et equites et facta est turba non modica
Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.
10 veneruntque ad aream Atad quae sita est trans Iordanem ubi celebrantes exequias planctu magno atque vehementi impleverunt septem dies
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 quod cum vidissent habitatores terrae Chanaan dixerunt planctus magnus est iste Aegyptiis et idcirco appellaverunt nomen loci illius Planctus Aegypti
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 fecerunt ergo filii Iacob sicut praeceperat eis
His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
13 et portantes eum in terram Chanaan sepelierunt in spelunca duplici quam emerat Abraham cum agro in possessionem sepulchri ab Ephron Hettheo contra faciem Mambre
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 reversusque est Ioseph in Aegyptum cum fratribus suis et omni comitatu sepulto patre
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 quo mortuo timentes fratres eius et mutuo conloquentes ne forte memor sit iniuriae quam passus est et reddat nobis malum omne quod fecimus
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 mandaverunt ei pater tuus praecepit nobis antequam moreretur
They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
17 ut haec tibi verbis illius diceremus obsecro ut obliviscaris sceleris fratrum tuorum et peccati atque malitiae quam exercuerunt in te nos quoque oramus ut servis Dei patris tui dimittas iniquitatem hanc quibus auditis flevit Ioseph
‘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 veneruntque ad eum fratres sui et proni in terram dixerunt servi tui sumus
His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
19 quibus ille respondit nolite timere num Dei possumus rennuere voluntatem
Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
20 vos cogitastis de me malum et Deus vertit illud in bonum ut exaltaret me sicut inpraesentiarum cernitis et salvos faceret multos populos
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
21 nolite metuere ego pascam vos et parvulos vestros consolatusque est eos et blande ac leniter est locutus
Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
22 et habitavit in Aegypto cum omni domo patris sui vixitque centum decem annis
Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
23 et vidit Ephraim filios usque ad tertiam generationem filii quoque Machir filii Manasse nati sunt in genibus Ioseph
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 quibus transactis locutus est fratribus suis post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos et ascendere faciet de terra ista ad terram quam iuravit Abraham Isaac et Iacob
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 cumque adiurasset eos atque dixisset Deus visitabit vos asportate vobiscum ossa mea de loco isto
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 mortuus est expletis centum decem vitae suae annis et conditus aromatibus repositus est in loculo in Aegypto
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
