1 And Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 Forty days were fulfilled for him, for such are the days fulfilled for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

4 And when the days of his weeping were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I am dying; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and return.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great company.

10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is on the other side of Jordan, and they mourned there with great and heavy lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, This is a great mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is on the other side of Jordan.

12 So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them.

13 For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.

14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.

15 And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Perhaps Joseph will hold a grudge against us, and return and repay us for all the evil which we did unto him.

16 So they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Before your father died he commanded, saying,

17 Thus you shall say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you. Now, please, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 And his brothers also went and prostrated before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your slaves.

19 And Joseph said to them, Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

20 As for you, you had devised evil against me; but God had planned it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

21 Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones. And he comforted them and spoke to their hearts.

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s house. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. Also the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph’s knees.

24 And Joseph said to his brethren, I am dying; but God will attend to visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, God will attend to visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.

26 So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

1 José atirou-se sobre seu pai, chorou sobre ele e o beijou.

2 Em seguida deu ordens aos médicos, que estavam ao seu serviço, que embalsamassem seu pai Israel. E eles o embalsamaram.

3 Levaram quarenta dias completos, pois esse era o tempo para o embalsamamento. E os egípcios choraram sua morte setenta dias.

4 Passados os dias de luto, José disse à corte do faraó: "Se posso contar com a bondade de vocês, falem com o faraó em meu favor. Digam-lhe que

5 meu pai fez-me prestar-lhe o seguinte juramento: ‘Estou à beira da morte; sepulte-me no túmulo que preparei para mim na terra de Canaã’. Agora, pois, peçam-lhe que me permita partir e sepultar meu pai; logo depois voltarei".

6 Respondeu o faraó: "Vá e faça o sepultamento de seu pai como este o fez jurar".

7 Então José partiu para sepultar seu pai. Com ele foram todos os conselheiros do faraó, as autoridades da sua corte e todas as autoridades do Egito,

8 e, além deles, todos os da família de José, os seus irmãos e todos os da casa de seu pai. Somente as crianças, as ovelhas e os bois foram deixados em Gósen.

9 Carruagens e cavaleiros também o acompanharam. A comitiva era imensa.

10 Chegando à eira de Atade, perto do Jordão, lamentaram em alta voz, com grande amargura; e ali José guardou sete dias de pranto pela morte do seu pai.

11 Quando os cananeus que lá habitavam viram aquele pranto na eira de Atade, disseram: "Os egípcios estão celebrando uma cerimônia de luto solene". Por essa razão, aquele lugar, próximo ao Jordão, foi chamado Abel Mizraim.

12 Assim fizeram os filhos de Jacó o que este lhes havia ordenado:

13 Levaram-no à terra de Canaã e o sepultaram na caverna do campo de Macpela, perto de Manre, que Abraão havia comprado de Efrom, o hitita, para que lhe servisse de propriedade para sepultura, juntamente com o campo.

14 Depois de sepultar seu pai, José voltou ao Egito, com os seus irmãos e com todos os demais que o tinham acompanhado.

15 Vendo os irmãos de José que seu pai havia morrido, disseram: "E se José guardar rancor contra nós e resolver retribuir todo o mal que lhe causamos? "

16 Então mandaram um recado a José, dizendo: "Antes de morrer, teu pai nos ordenou

17 que te disséssemos o seguinte: ‘Peço-lhe que perdoe os erros e pecados de seus irmãos que o trataram com tanta maldade! ’ Agora, pois, perdoa os pecados dos servos do Deus do teu pai". Quando recebeu o recado, José chorou.

18 Depois vieram seus irmãos, prostraram-se diante dele e disseram: "Aqui estamos. Somos teus escravos! "

19 José, porém, lhes disse: "Não tenham medo. Estaria eu no lugar de Deus?

20 Vocês planejaram o mal contra mim, mas Deus o tornou em bem, para que hoje fosse preservada a vida de muitos.

21 Por isso, não tenham medo. Eu sustentarei vocês e seus filhos". E assim os tranqüilizou e lhes falou amavelmente.

22 José permaneceu no Egito, com toda a família de seu pai. Viveu cento e dez anos

23 e viu a terceira geração dos filhos de Efraim. Além disso, recebeu como seus os filhos de Maquir, filho de Manassés.

24 Antes de morrer José disse a seus irmãos: "Estou à beira da morte. Mas Deus certamente virá em auxílio de vocês e os tirará desta terra, levando-os para a terra que prometeu com juramento a Abraão, a Isaque e a Jacó".

25 E José fez que os filhos de Israel lhe prestassem um juramento, dizendo-lhes: "Quando Deus intervier em favor de vocês, levem os meus ossos daqui".

26 Morreu José com a idade de cento e dez anos. E, depois de embalsamado, foi colocado num sarcófago no Egito.