1 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
2 Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,
3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,
5 “My father made me swear an oath and said, ‘I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.” ’
6 Pharaoh said, ‘Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.’
7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him – the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt –
8 besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
9 Chariots and horsemenalso went up with him. It was a very large company.
10 When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.
11 When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, they said, ‘The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.’ That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:
13 they carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.
14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.
Joseph reassures his brothers
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?’
16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, ‘Your father left these instructions before he died:
17 “This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.” Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.’ When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. ‘We are your slaves,’ they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.’ And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
The death of Joseph
22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years
23 and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’
25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.’
26 So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes for the Book of Genesis
a5Orland; also in verse 6
b6Ormist
c7The Hebrew forman (adam)sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew forground (adamah); it is also the nameAdam(see verse 20).
d12Orgood; pearls
e13Possibly south-east Mesopotamia
f20Orthe man
g21Ortook part of the man’s side
h22Orpart
a1OrThe man
b1Cainsounds like the Hebrew forbrought forthoracquired.
c1Orhave acquired
d8Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have‘Let’s go out to the field.’
e15Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; HebrewVery well
f16Nodmeanswandering(see verses 12 and 14).
g22Orwho instructed all who work in
h25Sethprobably meansgranted.
i26Orto proclaim
a3OrMy spirit will not remain in
b3Orcorrupt
c14The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
d15That is, about 135 metres long, 23 metres wide and 14 metres high
e16That is, about 45 centimetres
f16The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
a21Orhumans, for
a2Sonsmay meandescendantsorsuccessorsornations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.
b4Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic TextDodanites
c8Fathermay meanancestororpredecessororfounder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.
d10OrUruk and Akkad – all of them in
e10That is, Babylonia
f11OrNineveh with its city squares
g15Orof the Sidonians, the foremost
h21OrShem, the elder brother of
i23See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; HebrewMash.
j24Hebrew; Septuagintfather of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
k25Pelegmeansdivision.
a2Orbe seen as blessed
b3Orearth / will use your name in blessings(see 48:20)
c7Orseed
a1That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9
b13Ora relative; oran ally
a11IshmaelmeansGod hears.
b12Orlive to the east / of
c13Orseen the back of
d14Beer Lahai Roimeanswell of the Living One who sees me.
a3Oreyes, Lord
b6That is, probably about 16 kilograms
c18Orwill use his name in blessings(see 48:20)
d22Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal traditionbut the Lord remained standing before Abraham
e24Orforgive; also in verse 26
a16That is, about 12 kilograms
a13Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Texta ram behind him
b18Orseed
c18Orand all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings(see 48:20)
a7Orseed
b10That is, North-west Mesopotamia
c22That is, about 5.7 grams
d22That is, about 115 grams
e55Orshe
f63The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
a4Orseed
b4Orand all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings(see 48:20)
c20Esekmeansdispute.
d21Sitnahmeansopposition.
e22Rehobothmeansroom.
f33Shibahcan meanoathorseven.
g33Beershebacan meanwell of the oathandwell of seven.
a2That is, North-west Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
b3HebrewEl-Shaddai
c13OrThere beside him
d14Orwill use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings(see 48:20)
e19Bethelmeanshouse of God.
f20,21OrSince God … father’s household, the Lord
g21,22Orhousehold, and the Lord will be my God, 22then
a6Danhere meanshe has vindicated.
b8Naphtalimeansmy struggle.
c11Or‘A troop is coming!’
d11Gadcan meangood fortuneora troop.
e13Ashermeanshappy.
f18Issacharsounds like the Hebrew forreward.
g20Zebulunprobably meanshonour.
h24Josephmeansmay he add.
a In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33.
b2Mahanaimmeanstwo camps.
c7Orcamps
d8Orcamp
e28Israelprobably meanshe struggles with God.
f30Penielmeansface of God.
g31HebrewPenuel, a variant ofPeniel
a7Oragainst
b10Ormove about freely; also in verse 21
c27Orbecause
a16Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not haveKorah.
b22HebrewHemam,a variant ofHomam(see 1 Chron. 1:39)
c24Vulgate; Syriacdiscovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
d26HebrewDishan,a variant ofDishon
e39Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic TextHadar
a29Perezmeansbreaking out.
b30Zerahcan meanscarletorbrightness.
a38Orof the gods
b43Orin the chariot of his second-in-command; orin his second chariot
c43OrBow down
d45That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50
e51Manassehsounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew forforget.
f52Ephraimsounds like the Hebrew fortwice fruitful.
a14HebrewEl-Shaddai
a13Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic TextPuvah
b13Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic TextIob
c15That is, North-west Mesopotamia
d16Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic TextZiphion
e20That is, Heliopolis
f27Hebrew; Septuagintthe nine children
g27Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14)seventy-five
h29Hebrewaround him
a3HebrewEl-Shaddai
b7That is, North-west Mesopotamia
c20The Hebrew is singular.
d21The Hebrew is plural.
e22The Hebrew forridge of landis identical with the place name Shechem.
a9Orcharioteers
b11Abel Mizraimmeansmourning of the Egyptians.
c23That is, were counted as his
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