1 Joseph|strong="H3130" fell|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" father’s face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" wept|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H6440".
2 Then|strong="H6680" Joseph|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H6680" physicians|strong="H7495" to|strong="H3478" embalm|strong="H2590" his|strong="H6680" father. So|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" physicians|strong="H7495" embalmed|strong="H2590" Jacob;
3 and|strong="H3117" forty days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" devoted to|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" full|strong="H4390" period|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" embalming.
4 The|strong="H3117" Egyptians also|strong="H3117" mourned for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H4672" seventy days|strong="H3117".
5 When|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" days of|strong="H6913" mourning for|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7725" were|strong="H2009" past|strong="H7725", Joseph|strong="H7650" spoke to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" members of|strong="H6913" Pharaoh’s court, saying, ‘If|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H7725" wish to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3068" favour, speak to|strong="H7725" Pharaoh and|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725", Joseph|strong="H7650"’s father made|strong="H7650" him|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650", saying, “See|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" am dying|strong="H4191"; bury|strong="H6912" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H4191" my|strong="H7725" grave|strong="H6913" which|strong="H8033" I|strong="H2009" prepared|strong="H3738" for|strong="H4191" myself in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7725" land of|strong="H6913" Canaan|strong="H3667".” Ask Pharaoh, “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", I|strong="H2009" beg|strong="H4994" of|strong="H6913" you|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H7725" father; after|strong="H5927" that|strong="H5927" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H8033" return|strong="H7725".”’
6 Pharaoh|strong="H6547" said, ‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H6912" father, as|strong="H5927" he|strong="H7650" made|strong="H7650" you|strong="H5927" take|strong="H7650" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650".’
7 So|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father; and|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6912" went|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" Pharaoh|strong="H6547", the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" land of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714",
8 all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130", his|strong="H3605" brothers, and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" father’s household|strong="H1004". Only|strong="H7535" their|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945", their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H1241" they|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5800" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" land of|strong="H1004" Goshen|strong="H1657".
9 There|strong="H1961" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" both|strong="H1571" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" horsemen|strong="H6571", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5927" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" company|strong="H4264".
10 When|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" came to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H3117" Atad, which|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3117" beyond|strong="H5676" Jordan|strong="H3383", they|strong="H3117" held|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3117" impressive lamentation|strong="H4553"; and|strong="H3117" Joseph appointed|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H4553" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H6213" father which|strong="H8033" lasted seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117".
11 When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" Canaanites|strong="H3669", the|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H5676", saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" mourning at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H3427" Atad, they|strong="H3651" said|strong="H7121", ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" an|strong="H7200" impressive mourning among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Egyptians|strong="H4713".’ That|strong="H7200" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" place|strong="H1637" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" is|strong="H2088" called|strong="H7121", Ebel-Mizraim.
12 Then|strong="H3651" Jacob’s sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213":
13 they|strong="H5921" carried|strong="H5375" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667" and|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" Machpelah|strong="H4375" near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471" which|strong="H7704" Abraham|strong="H5375" bought|strong="H7069" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085" the|strong="H6440" Hittite|strong="H2850" to|strong="H5921" hold as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3068" place|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" burial|strong="H6913".
14 After|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3130" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father, Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" brothers and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3130" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H4714" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714".
15 When|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130"’s brothers realised that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" father was|strong="H3130" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" said, ‘It|strong="H3588" may|strong="H7725" be|strong="H4191" that|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" will|strong="H3130" now|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H3863" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" fully punish us|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" which|strong="H7451" we|strong="H3068" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725"!’
16 They|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H6680" this|strong="H6440" message to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440": ‘Your|strong="H6440" father commanded|strong="H6680" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" died|strong="H4194",
17 “Tell|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130": Forgive|strong="H5375", I|strong="H3588" beg|strong="H4994" of|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" wrongdoing and|strong="H5650" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5375" brothers, for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" treated|strong="H1580" you|strong="H3588" basely.” So|strong="H3541" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H3068" beg|strong="H4994" of|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3588" forgive|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" wrongdoing of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5375" father’s God.’
18 his|strong="H6440" brothers also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3212" said, ‘See|strong="H2009", we|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5650" your|strong="H6440" slaves|strong="H5650".’
19 But|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" said to|strong="H3372" them|strong="H8478", ‘Do not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"; for|strong="H3588" am I|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" God?
20 You|strong="H5921" plotted|strong="H2803" mischief|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", but|strong="H5971" God intended|strong="H2803" it|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" accomplish|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2088" now|strong="H3117" being|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213", the|strong="H5921" saving|strong="H2421" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H2421" of|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971".
21 Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H5921" do not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372"; I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" provide|strong="H3557" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3372" your|strong="H5921" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945".’ He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820", comforting them|strong="H5921".
22 Joseph|strong="H3130" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1931" father’s family|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3068" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141",
23 and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Ephraim’s great-grandchildren; the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" were|strong="H1121" borne|strong="H3205" upon|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130"’s knees|strong="H1290".
24 Then|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" said to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3327" brothers, ‘I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H6485" about|strong="H4480" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", but|strong="H4191" God will|strong="H3290" surely|strong="H4191" remember|strong="H6485" you|strong="H4480" and|strong="H5927" bring|strong="H5927" you|strong="H4480" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H2063" land to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4480" land which|strong="H6485" he|strong="H4480" promised|strong="H7650" by|strong="H7650" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650" to|strong="H4191" Abraham, Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H5927" Jacob|strong="H3290".’
25 Joseph|strong="H3130" required an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6485" Israelites|strong="H3478", saying, ‘When|strong="H1121" God remembers you|strong="H6485", as|strong="H5927" he|strong="H3478" surely|strong="H6485" will|strong="H3478", then|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6485" must|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" my|strong="H5927" bones|strong="H6106" from|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088".’
26 So|strong="H4191" Joseph|strong="H3130" died|strong="H4191", being|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H8141" embalmed|strong="H2590" him|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1121" put|strong="H4191" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3068" coffin in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714".