Genesis 50: 1 - 26 (CEB Study Bible)
Common English Bible, transl. 2013
Joseph fell across his father's body,
wept over him, and kissed him. Joseph
then ordered the physicians in his service
to embalm his father, and the physicians
embalmed Israel. They mourned for him
40 days because that is the period required
for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned
him for 70 days. After the period of
mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to
Pharaoh's household, "If you approve my
request, give Pharaoh this message: My
father made me promise, telling me, 'I'm
about to die. You must bury me in the tomb
that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.'
Now, let me leave and let me bury my father,
and then I will return."
Pharaoh replied, "Go, bury your father as you
promised."
So Joseph left to bury his father. All of Pharaoh's
servants went with him, together with the
elder statesmen in his household and all of the
elder statesmen in the land of Egypt. Joseph's
entire household, his brothers, and his father's
household. Only the children, flocks, and
cattle ramined in the land of Goshen. Even
chariots and horsemen went with him; it
was a huge collection of people. When they
arrived at the threshing flood of Atad on the
other side of the Jordan River, they observed
a solemn, deeply sorrowful period of
mourning. He grieved 7 days for his father.
When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw
the observance of grief on Atad's threshing
floor, they said, "This is a solemn observance of
grief by the Egyptians." . . .Israel's sons did
for him just as he had ordered. His sons carried
him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the
cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which
Abraham had purchased as burial property from
Ephron the Hittite. Then Joseph returned to
Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left
with him to bury his father.
When Joseph's brothers realized that their
father was now dead, they said, "What if
Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants
to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible
things we did to him?"
So they approached Joseph and said, "Your
father gave you orders before he died, telling
us, 'This is what you should say to Joseph,
Please, forgive your brothers' sins & misdeeds,
for they did terrible things to you. Now, please
forgive the sins of the servants of your father's
God.'
Joseph wept when they spoke to hi.
His brothers wept too, fell down in front of him,
and said, "We're here as your slaves."
But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid.
Am I God?
You planned something bad for me,
but GOD Produced Something Good from it,
in order to save the lives of many people, just
as he's doing today. Now, don't be afraid. I
will take care of you and your children."
So he put them at ease and spoke reassuringly
to them.
Thus Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his father's
household. Joseph lived 110 years and saw
Ephraim's grandchildren. The children of
Machir, Manasseh's son, were also born on
Joseph's knees. Joseph said to his brothers,
"I'm about to die. God will certainly take
care of you and bring you out of this land to
the land he promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob." Joseph made Israel's sons promise,
"When God takes care of you, you must bring
up my bones out of here." Joseph died when
he was 110 years old. They embalmed him
and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
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