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Verse 1

And Joseph{H3130} fell{H5307} upon his father's{H1} face,{H6440} and wept{H1058} upon him, and kissed{H5401} him.

Verse 2

And Joseph{H3130} commanded{H6680} his servants{H5650} the physicians{H7495} to embalm{H2590} his father:{H1} and the physicians{H7495} embalmed{H2590} Israel.{H3478}

Verse 3

And forty{H705} days{H3117} were fulfilled{H4390} for him; for so are fulfilled{H4390} the days{H3117} of embalming:{H2590} and the Egyptians{H4714} wept{H1058} for him three-score and ten{H7657} days.{H3117}

Verse 4

And when the days{H3117} of weeping{H1068} for him were past,{H5674} Joseph{H3130} spake{H1696} unto the house{H1004} of Pharaoh,{H6547} saying,{H559} If now I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in your eyes,{H5869} speak,{H1696} I pray you, in the ears{H241} of Pharaoh,{H6547} saying,{H559}

Verse 5

My father{H1} made me swear,{H7650} saying,{H559} Lo,{H2009} I die:{H4191} in my grave{H6913} which I have digged{H3738} for me in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} there shalt thou bury me.{H6912} Now therefore let me go up,{H5927} I pray thee, and bury{H6912} my father,{H1} and I will come again.{H7725}

Verse 6

And Pharaoh{H6547} said,{H559} Go up,{H5927} and bury{H6912} thy father,{H1} according as he made thee swear.{H7650}

Verse 7

And Joseph{H3130} went up{H5927} to bury{H6912} his father;{H1} and with him went up{H5927} all the servants{H5650} of Pharaoh,{H6547} the elders{H2205} of his house,{H1004} and all the elders{H2205} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714}

Verse 8

and all the house{H1004} of Joseph,{H3130} and his brethren,{H251} and his father's{H1} house:{H1004} only their little ones,{H2945} and their flocks,{H6629} and their herds,{H1241} they left{H5800} in the land{H776} of Goshen.{H1657}

Verse 9

And there went up{H5927} with him both chariots{H7393} and horsemen:{H6571} and it was a very{H3966} great{H3515} company.{H4264}

Verse 10

And they came{H935} to the threshing-floor{H1637} of Atad,{H329} which is beyond{H5676} the Jordan,{H3383} and there they lamented{H5594} with a very{H3966} great{H1419} and sore{H3515} lamentation:{H4553} and he made{H6213} a mourning{H60} for his father{H1} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}

Verse 11

And when the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} the Canaanites,{H3669} saw{H7200} the mourning{H60} in the floor{H1637} of Atad,{H329} they said,{H559} This is a grievous{H3515} mourning{H60} to the Egyptians:{H4714} wherefore the name of it{H8034} was called{H7121} Abel-mizraim,{H67} which is beyond{H5676} the Jordan.{H3383}

Verse 12

And his sons{H1121} did{H6213} unto him according as he commanded{H6680} them:

Verse 13

for his sons{H1121} carried{H5375} him into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and buried{H6912} him in the cave{H4631} of the field{H7704} of Machpelah,{H4375} which Abraham{H85} bought{H7069} with the field,{H7704} for a possession{H272} of a burying-place,{H6913} of Ephron{H6085} the Hittite,{H2850} before{H6440} Mamre.{H4471}

Verse 14

And Joseph{H3130} returned{H7725} into Egypt,{H4714} he, and his brethren,{H251} and all that went up{H5927} with him to bury{H6912} his father,{H1} after{H310} he had buried{H6912} his father.{H1}

Verse 15

And when Joseph's{H3130} brethren{H251} saw{H7200} that their father{H1} was dead,{H4191} they said,{H559} It may be{H3863} that Joseph{H3130} will hate us,{H7852} and will fully{H7725} requite{H7725} us all the evil{H7451} which we did{H1580} unto him.

Verse 16

And they sent a message{H6680} unto Joseph,{H3130} saying,{H559} Thy father{H1} did command{H6680} before{H6440} he died,{H4194} saying,{H559}

Verse 17

So shall ye say{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} Forgive,{H5375} I pray thee{H577} now, the transgression{H6588} of thy brethren,{H251} and their sin,{H2403} for that they did{H1580} unto thee evil.{H7451} And now, we pray thee, forgive{H5375} the transgression{H6588} of the servants{H5650} of the God{H430} of thy father.{H1} And Joseph{H3130} wept{H1058} when they spake{H1696} unto him.

Verse 18

And his brethren{H251} also went{H3212} and fell down{H5307} before his face;{H6440} and they said,{H559} Behold, we are thy servants.{H5650}

Verse 19

And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto them, Fear{H3372} not: for am I in the place of God?{H430}

Verse 20

And as for you, ye meant{H2803} evil{H7451} against me; but God{H430} meant it{H2803} for good,{H2896} to{H4616} bring to pass,{H6213} as it is this day,{H3117} to save{H2421} much{H7227} people{H5971} alive.{H2421}

Verse 21

Now therefore fear{H3372} ye not: I will nourish{H3557} you, and your little ones.{H2945} And he comforted{H5162} them, and spake{H1696} kindly{H3820} unto them.

Verse 22

And Joseph{H3130} dwelt{H3427} in Egypt,{H4714} he, and his father's{H1} house:{H1004} and Joseph{H3130} lived{H2421} a hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years.{H8141}

Verse 23

And Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200} Ephraim's{H669} children{H1121} of the third{H8029} generation: the children{H1121} also of Machir{H4353} the son{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} were born upon{H3205} Joseph's{H3130} knees.{H1290}

Verse 24

And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto his brethren,{H251} I die;{H4191} but God{H430} will surely{H6485} visit{H6485} you, and bring you up out{H5927} of this land{H776} unto the land{H776} which he sware{H7650} to Abraham,{H85} to Isaac,{H3327} and to Jacob.{H3290}

Verse 25

And Joseph{H3130} took an oath{H7650} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} God{H430} will surely{H6485} visit{H6485} you, and ye shall carry up{H5927} my bones{H6106} from hence.{H2088}

Verse 26

So Joseph{H3130} died,{H4191} being a hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years{H8141} old:{H1121} and they embalmed{H2590} him, and he was put{H3455} in a coffin{H727} in Egypt.{H4714}

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