¶ And Joseph fell¹ upon his father's face, and wept² upon him, and kissed him.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians³ to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed⁴ Israel.

And forty days⁵ were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned⁶ for him threescore and ten days.

And when the days⁷ of his mourning were past, Joseph⁸ spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace⁹ in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

My father made me¹⁰ swear, saying, Lo, I die¹¹: in my grave which I have¹² digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me¹³. Now therefore let me go¹⁴ up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made¹⁵ thee swear.

¶ And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him¹⁶ went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their¹⁷ little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

And there went up with him both chariots¹⁸ and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

¶ And they came to the threshingfloor¹⁹ of Atad, which is beyond²⁰ Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days²¹.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites²², saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim²³, which is beyond Jordan²⁴.

²⁵And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave²⁶ of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

¶ And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father²⁷ was dead, they said, Joseph²⁸ will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

And they sent²⁹ a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive³⁰, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did³¹ unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants³² of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept³³ when they spake unto him.

And his brethren also went and fell³⁴ down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not:³⁵ for am I³⁶ in the place of God?

¶ But as for you, ye thought³⁷ evil against me; but God meant³⁸ it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish³⁹ you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them⁴⁰.

¶ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred⁴¹ and ten years.

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children⁴² also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up⁴³ upon Joseph's knees.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die⁴⁴: and God will surely visit you,⁴⁵ and bring you out⁴⁶ of this land unto the land which he sware⁴⁷ to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

And Joseph took an⁴⁸ oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye⁴⁹ shall carry up my bones from hence.

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old⁵⁰: and they embalmed⁵¹ him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.