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 ENTÃO José se lançou sobre o rosto de seu pai; e chorou sobre ele, e o beijou. 2 E José ordenou aos seus servos, os médicos, que embalsamassem a seu pai; e os médicos embalsamaram a Israel. 3 E cumpriram-se-lhe quarenta dias; porque assim se cumprem os dias daqueles que se embalsamam; e os egípcios o choraram setenta dias. 4 Passados pois os dias de seu choro, falou José à casa de Faraó, dizendo: Se agora tenho achado graça aos vossos olhos, rogo-vos que faleis aos ouvidos de Faraó, dizendo: 5 Meu pai me fez jurar, dizendo: Eis que eu morro; em meu sepulcro, que cavei para mim na terra de Canaã, ali me sepultarás. Agora pois, te peço, que eu suba, para que sepulte a meu pai; então voltarei. 6 E Faraó disse: Sobe, e sepulta a teu pai como ele te fez jurar. 7 E José subiu para sepultar a seu pai; e subiram com ele todos os servos de Faraó, os anciãos da sua casa, e todos os anciãos da terra do Egito, 8 Como também toda a casa de José, e seus irmãos, e a casa de seu pai; somente deixaram na terra de Gósen os seus meninos, e as suas ovelhas, e as suas vacas. 9 E subiram também com ele, tanto carros como gente a cavalo; e o concurso foi grandíssimo. 10 Chegando eles pois à eira do espinhal, que está além do Jordão, fizeram um grande e gravíssimo pranto, e fez a seu pai um grande pranto por sete dias. 11 E vendo os moradores da terra, os cananeus, o luto na eira do espinhal, disseram: É este o pranto grande dos egípcios. Por isso chamou-se o seu nome Abelmizraim, que está além do Jordão. 12 E fizeram-lhe os seus filhos assim como ele lhes ordenara, 13 Pois os seus filhos o levaram à terra de Canaã, e o sepultaram na cova do campo de Macpela, que Abraão tinha comprado com o campo, por herança de sepultura, a Efrom, o heteu, em frente de Manre.

14 Depois tornou José para o Egito, ele e seus irmãos, e todos os que com ele subiram a sepultar seu pai, depois de haver sepultado seu pai. 15 Vendo então os irmãos de José que seu pai já estava morto, disseram: Porventura nos aborrecerá José, e nos pagará certamente todo o mal que lhe fizemos. 16 Portanto enviaram a José, dizendo: Teu pai mandou, antes da sua morte dizendo: 17 Assim direis a José: Perdoa, rogo-te, a transgressão de teus irmãos, e o seu pecado, porque te fizeram mal; agora pois rogamos-te que perdoes a transgressão dos servos do Deus de teu pai. E José chorou quando eles lhe falavam. 18 Depois vieram também seus irmãos, e prostraram-se diante dele, e disseram: Eis-nos aqui por teus servos. 19 E José lhes disse: Não temais, porque porventura estou eu em lugar de Deus? 20 Vós bem intentastes mal contra mim, porém Deus o tornou em bem, para fazer como se vê neste dia, para conservar em vida a um povo grande; 21 Agora pois não temais; eu vos sustentarei a vós e a vossos meninos. Assim os consolou, e falou segundo o coração deles.

22 José pois habitou no Egito, ele e a casa de seu pai; e viveu José cento e dez anos. 23 E viu José os filhos de Efraim, da terceira geração; também os filhos de Maquir, filho de Manassés, nasceram sobre os joelhos de José. 24 E disse José a seus irmãos: Eu morro; mas Deus certamente vos visitará, e vos fará subir desta terra para a terra que jurou a Abraão, a Isaque e a Jacó. 25 E José fez jurar os filhos de Israel, dizendo: Certamente vos visitará Deus, e fareis transportar os meus ossos daqui. 26 E morreu José da idade de cento e dez anos; e o embalsamaram, e o puseram num caixão no Egito.