50:1 Joseph bent over his father
and wept over him
and kissed him.
50:2 Joseph directed his physicians
to embalm his father.
So
the physicians embalmed
50:3 Forty days were required for this
as
this was the time required for embalming.
The
Egyptians mourned for seventy days.
50:4 When the time of mourning passed
Joseph
spoke to Pharaoh’s officials:
If
I have found favor in your eyes
tell
Pharaoh for me:
50:5 My father made me promise him
because
he was dying
that
I should bury him
in
the tomb he dug
for
himself in
So
please let me travel there
and
bury my father.
50:6 Pharaoh said:
Go
ahead and bury your father there
just
as he made you promise.
50:7 So Joseph left to bury his father.
All
Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him
those
dignitaries in his palace
along
with all the dignitaries of
50:8 Along with Joseph’s family
and
his brothers and their father’s family.
They
left only their children
and
their flocks and herds
in
the
50:9 Chariots and riders went with him.
It
was a very large group.
50:10 When they got to the barn in Atad
nearby
the
they
mourned in sorrow and lamenting
and
there Joseph observed seven days
of
mourning for his father.
50:11 When Canaanites living there
saw
the mourning in the barn at Atad
they
said it was a serious Egyptian mourning.
So
that place along the
is
now called Abel Mizraim.
50:12 Thus his sons did what he instructed:
50:13 They carried his body to
and
buried him in the cave
in
the field of Machpelah near Mamre
which
Abraham had bought
along
with the field from Ephron the Hittite.
50:14 After burying his father
Joseph
went back to
together
with his brothers
and
everyone else who went
with
him to bury his father.
50:15 Once Joseph’s brothers knew
their
father was dead
they
wondered if Joseph
would
hold a grudge
and
pay them back for all
they
had done to him.
50:16 So they sent a message to Joseph
that
his father left some instructions
before
he passed away:
50:17 You need to ask Joseph
to
forgive his brothers
for
the wrongs committed
by
treating him so poorly.
So
we ask you to please forgive
the
wrongs of the servants
of
the God of your father.
When
their message arrived
Joseph
wept.
50:18 His brothers went to him
and
threw themselves down
in
front of him saying:
We
are your servants.
50:19 Yet Joseph told them:
Do
not be worried.
Am
I in God's position?
50:20 You may have wanted to harm me
but
God had a good purpose
as
is occurring right now
to
preserve the lives of many.
50:21 So do not worry.
I
will take care of you and your children.
Thus
he reassured them
and
spoke kindly to them.
50:22 Joseph and his family remained in
He
lived for 110 years.
50:23 He saw the third generation
of
Ephraim’s children.
Also
the children of Makir
the
son of Manasseh
were
put on Joseph’s knees at birth.
50:24 Then Joseph told his brothers:
I
am about to die.
But
surely God cares for you
and will bring you out of this world
to
the world he promised
to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
50:25 So Joseph made a promise
to
the followers of
God
will surely be with you
just
as my soul will ascend
away
from this place.
50:26 So Joseph passed away
at
the age of a hundred and ten.
And
after they embalmed his body
it
was placed in a coffin in
