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

Then Joseph threw himself upon his father, and cried over him and kissed him.

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

Joseph told his servants the doctors to make his father ready to be buried. So the doctors made Israel ready.

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.

Forty days were needed for this. For this is how much time it took for making the body ready to be buried. And the Egyptians cried for him 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,

When the days of sorrow for him were past, Joseph said to those of Pharaoh’s house, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak 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 had me make a promise to him. He said, “See, I am about to die. Bury me in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” So let me go and bury my father. Then I will return.’”

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

Pharaoh answered, “Go and bury your father as he made you promise.”

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,

So Joseph went to bury his father. With him went all the servants of Pharaoh, the leaders of his house and all the important men 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 those of the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and those of his father’s house. They left only their little ones and their flocks and cattle in the land of Goshen.

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

Wagons and men on horses went with him also. It was a very large group of people.

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,

They came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan. There they cried with much sorrow. Joseph cried in sorrow for his father for 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 those who lived in the land, the Canaanites, saw the people crying in sorrow at the grain-floor of Atad, they said, “This is a great sorrow for the Egyptians.” So the place was given the name Abel-mizraim. It is on the other side of the Jordan.

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

Jacob’s sons did as he had told 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.

They carried him to the land of Canaan. They buried him in the grave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, which Abraham had bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burying place.

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 with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father. Joseph Tells His Brothers Not to Be Afraid

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 brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be now that Joseph will hate us, and pay us in return for all the wrong that we did to him!”

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

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, our father told us,

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.

‘You say to Joseph, “Forgive the wrong-doing of your brothers and their sin. For they did a bad thing to you.”’ Now we beg you, forgive the wrong-doing of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph cried when they spoke to him.

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

Then his brothers came and fell down in front of him and said, “See, we are your servants.”

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

But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid. 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;

You planned to do a bad thing to me. But God planned it for good, to make it happen that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

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

So do not be afraid. I will take care of you and your little ones.” He gave them comfort and words of kindness. The Death of Joseph

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

Joseph and his father’s family stayed in Egypt. 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.

He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s grandchildren. And the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were held 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.'

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will take care of you. He will bring you from this land to the land that He promised 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.'

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel promise. He said, “God will take care of you. And you will carry 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 after living 110 years. They made his body ready, and he was put in a grave in Egypt.