1 T hen Joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 A nd Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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

3 T hen forty days were devoted for him, for that is the customary number of days required for those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians wept and bemoaned him for seventy days.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

4 A nd when the days of his weeping and deep grief were past, Joseph said to the house of Pharaoh, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, to Pharaoh, saying,

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 M y father made me swear, saying, I am about to die; in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. So now let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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

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

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

7 A nd Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went all the officials of Pharaoh—the nobles of his court, and the elders of his house and all the nobles and elders of the land of Egypt—

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 A nd all the household of Joseph and his brethren and his father’s household. Only their little ones and their flocks and herds they left in the land of Goshen.

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

9 A nd there went with both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.

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

10 A nd they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great lamentation and extreme demonstrations of sorrow; and made a mourning for his father seven days.

And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

11 W hen the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians. Therefore the place was called Abel-mizraim; it is west of the Jordan.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, 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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

12 T hus sons did for him as he had commanded them.

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

13 F or his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, which Abraham bought, along with the field, for a possession as a burying place from Ephron the Hittite.

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14 A fter he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren and all who had gone up with him.

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.

15 W hen Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Perhaps now Joseph will hate us and will pay us back for all the evil we did to him.

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

16 A nd they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father commanded before he died, saying,

And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

17 S o shall you say to Joseph: Forgive (take up and away all resentment and all claim to requital concerning), I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you. Now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of your father’s God. And Joseph wept when they spoke thus to him.

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

18 T hen his brothers went and fell down before him, saying, See, we are your servants (your slaves)!

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

19 A nd Joseph said to them, Fear not; for am I in the place of God?

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

20 A s for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day.

And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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

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

22 J oseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived 110 years.

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23 A nd Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children also of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

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

24 A nd Joseph said to his brethren, I am going to die. But God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land to the land He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 A nd Joseph took an oath from the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you will carry up my bones from here.

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

26 S o Joseph died, being 110 years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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