1 A nd Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;

Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.

2 a nd Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

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

3 a nd they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

Then 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.

4 A nd the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

And 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,

5 M y father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

My 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.

6 a nd Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

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

7 A nd Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

And 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—

8 a nd all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

And 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.

9 a nd there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.

And there went with both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.

10 A nd they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,

And 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.

11 a nd the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which beyond the Jordan.

When 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.

12 A nd his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

Thus sons did for him as he had commanded them.

13 a nd his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

For 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.

14 A nd Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father.

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

15 A nd the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

When 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.

16 A nd they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father commanded before he died, saying,

17 T hus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

So 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.

18 A nd his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we to thee for servants.'

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

19 A nd Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for I in the place of God?

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

20 A s for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

As 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.

21 a nd now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

Now 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.

22 A nd Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth a hundred and ten years,

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

23 a nd Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

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

24 A nd Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

And 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.

25 A nd Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this.'

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

26 A nd Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

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