Genesi 50
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Funerali di Giacobbe
50 Allora Giuseppe si gettò sulla faccia di suo padre, pianse su di lui e lo baciò. 2 Poi Giuseppe ordinò ai suoi medici di imbalsamare suo padre. I medici imbalsamarono Israele 3 e vi impiegarono quaranta giorni, perché tanti ne occorrono per l'imbalsamazione. Gli Egiziani lo piansero settanta giorni. 4 Passati i giorni del lutto, Giuseppe parlò alla casa del faraone: «Se ho trovato grazia ai vostri occhi, vogliate riferire agli orecchi del faraone queste parole: 5 Mio padre mi ha fatto giurare: Ecco, io sto per morire: tu devi seppellirmi nel sepolcro che mi sono scavato nel paese di Canaan. Ora, possa io andare a seppellire mio padre e tornare». 6 Il faraone rispose: «Và e seppellisci tuo padre com'egli ti ha fatto giurare». 7 Allora Giuseppe andò a seppellire suo padre e con lui andarono tutti i ministri del faraone, gli anziani della sua casa, tutti gli anziani del paese d'Egitto, 8 tutta la casa di Giuseppe e i suoi fratelli e la casa di suo padre. Soltanto i loro bambini e i loro greggi e i loro armenti essi lasciarono nel paese di Gosen. 9 Andarono con lui anche i carri da guerra e la cavalleria, così da formare una carovana imponente. 10 Quando arrivarono all'Aia di Atad, che è al di là del Giordano, fecero un lamento molto grande e solenne ed egli celebrò per suo padre un lutto di sette giorni. 11 I Cananei che abitavano il paese videro il lutto alla Aia di Atad e dissero: «E' un lutto grave questo per gli Egiziani». Per questo la si chiamò Abel-Mizraim, che si trova al di là del Giordano. 12 Poi i suoi figli fecero per lui così come aveva loro comandato. 13 I suoi figli lo portarono nel paese di Canaan e lo seppellirono nella caverna del campo di Macpela, quel campo che Abramo aveva acquistato, come proprietà sepolcrale, da Efron l'Hittita, e che si trova di fronte a Mamre. 14 Dopo aver sepolto suo padre, Giuseppe tornò in Egitto insieme con i suoi fratelli e con quanti erano andati con lui a seppellire suo padre.
Dalla morte di Giacobbe alla morte di Giuseppe
15 Ma i fratelli di Giuseppe cominciarono ad aver paura, dato che il loro padre era morto, e dissero: «Chissà se Giuseppe non ci tratterà da nemici e non ci renderà tutto il male che noi gli abbiamo fatto?». 16 Allora mandarono a dire a Giuseppe: «Tuo padre prima di morire ha dato quest'ordine: 17 Direte a Giuseppe: Perdona il delitto dei tuoi fratelli e il loro peccato, perché ti hanno fatto del male! Perdona dunque il delitto dei servi del Dio di tuo padre!». Giuseppe pianse quando gli si parlò così. 18 E i suoi fratelli andarono e si gettarono a terra davanti a lui e dissero: «Eccoci tuoi schiavi!». 19 Ma Giuseppe disse loro: «Non temete. Sono io forse al posto di Dio? 20 Se voi avevate pensato del male contro di me, Dio ha pensato di farlo servire a un bene, per compiere quello che oggi si avvera: far vivere un popolo numeroso. 21 Dunque non temete, io provvederò al sostentamento per voi e per i vostri bambini». Così li consolò e fece loro coraggio. 22 Ora Giuseppe con la famiglia di suo padre abitò in Egitto; Giuseppe visse centodieci anni. 23 Così Giuseppe vide i figli di Efraim fino alla terza generazione e anche i figli di Machir, figlio di Manasse, nacquero sulle ginocchia di Giuseppe. 24 Poi Giuseppe disse ai fratelli: «Io sto per morire, ma Dio verrà certo a visitarvi e vi farà uscire da questo paese verso il paese ch'egli ha promesso con giuramento ad Abramo, a Isacco e a Giacobbe». 25 Giuseppe fece giurare ai figli di Israele così: «Dio verrà certo a visitarvi e allora voi porterete via di qui le mie ossa».
26 Poi Giuseppe morì all'età di centodieci anni; lo imbalsamarono e fu posto in un sarcofago in Egitto.
Génesis 50
Nueva Versión Internacional
50 Entonces José se abrazó al cuerpo de su padre y, llorando, lo besó. 2 Luego ordenó a los médicos a su servicio que embalsamaran el cuerpo y así lo hicieron. 3 El proceso para embalsamarlo tardó unos cuarenta días, que es el tiempo requerido. Los egipcios, por su parte, guardaron luto por Israel durante setenta días.
4 Pasados los días de duelo, José se dirigió así a los miembros de la corte del faraón:
—Si me he ganado el respeto de la corte, díganle por favor al faraón 5 que mi padre, antes de morirse, me hizo jurar que yo lo sepultaría en la tumba que él mismo se preparó en la tierra de Canaán. Por eso le ruego encarecidamente que me permita ir a sepultar a mi padre y luego volveré.
6 El faraón respondió:
—Ve a sepultar a tu padre, conforme a la promesa que te pidió hacerle.
7 José fue a sepultar a su padre. Lo acompañaron los servidores del faraón, es decir, los oficiales de su corte y toda la gente importante de Egipto. 8 A estos se sumaron todos los familiares de José, sus hermanos y los de la casa de Jacob. En la región de Gosén dejaron únicamente a los niños y al ganado. 9 También salieron con él carros y jinetes, formando así un cortejo muy grande.
10 Al llegar al campo de Hatad, que está al otro lado del río Jordán, hicieron grandes y solemnes lamentaciones. Allí José guardó luto por su padre durante siete días. 11 Cuando los cananeos que vivían en esa región vieron en el campo de Hatad aquellas manifestaciones de duelo, dijeron: «Los egipcios están haciendo un duelo muy solemne». Por eso al lugar, que está cerca del Jordán, lo llamaron Abel Misrayin.[a]
12 Los hijos de Jacob hicieron con su padre lo que él había pedido: 13 lo llevaron a la tierra de Canaán y lo sepultaron en la cueva que está en el campo de Macpela, frente a Mamré, en el mismo campo que Abraham había comprado a Efrón el hitita para sepultura de la familia. 14 Luego de haber sepultado a su padre, José regresó a Egipto junto con sus hermanos y con toda la gente que lo había acompañado.
La promesa de José a sus hermanos
15 Al reflexionar sobre la muerte de su padre, los hermanos de José concluyeron: «Tal vez José nos guarde rencor y ahora quiera vengarse de todo el mal que le hicimos». 16 Por eso le mandaron a decir: «Antes de morir tu padre, dejó estas instrucciones: 17 “Díganle a José que perdone, por favor, la terrible maldad y el pecado que sus hermanos cometieron contra él”. Así que, por favor, perdona la maldad de los siervos del Dios de tu padre».
Cuando José escuchó estas palabras, se echó a llorar.
18 Luego sus hermanos se presentaron ante José, se inclinaron delante de él y dijeron:
—Aquí nos tienes; somos tus esclavos.
19 —No tengan miedo —les contestó José—. ¿Puedo acaso tomar el lugar de Dios? 20 Es verdad que ustedes pensaron hacerme mal, pero Dios transformó ese mal en bien para lograr lo que hoy estamos viendo: salvar la vida de mucha gente. 21 Así que, ¡no tengan miedo! Yo cuidaré de ustedes y de sus hijos.
De ese modo José los consoló, pues les habló al corazón.
Muerte de José
22 José y la familia de su padre permanecieron en Egipto. Alcanzó la edad de ciento diez años, 23 y llegó a ver nacer a los hijos de Efraín hasta la tercera generación. Además, cuando nacieron los hijos de Maquir, hijo de Manasés, él los recibió sobre sus rodillas.[b]
24 Tiempo después, José dijo a sus hermanos: «Yo estoy a punto de morir, pero, sin duda, Dios vendrá a ayudarlos y los llevará de este país a la tierra que prometió a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob». 25 Entonces José hizo que sus hijos le prestaran juramento. Les dijo: «Sin duda, Dios vendrá a ayudarlos. Cuando esto ocurra, ustedes deberán llevarse de aquí mis huesos».
26 José murió en Egipto a los ciento diez años. Una vez que lo embalsamaron, lo pusieron en un ataúd.
Genesis 50
New International Version
50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.(A) 2 Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,(B) 3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(C)
4 When the days of mourning(D) had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court,(E) “If I have found favor in your eyes,(F) speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5 ‘My father made me swear an oath(G) and said, “I am about to die;(H) bury me in the tomb I dug for myself(I) in the land of Canaan.”(J) Now let me go up and bury my father;(K) then I will return.’”
6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials(L) accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court(M) and all the dignitaries of Egypt— 8 besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household.(N) Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.(O) 9 Chariots(P) and horsemen[a] also went up with him. It was a very large company.
10 When they reached the threshing floor(Q) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(R) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(S) of mourning(T) for his father.(U) 11 When the Canaanites(V) who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.”(W) That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[b]
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:(X) 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(Y) near Mamre,(Z) which Abraham had bought along with the field(AA) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(AB) 14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.(AC)
Joseph Reassures His Brothers
15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge(AD) against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”(AE) 16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions(AF) before he died: 17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins(AG) and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’(AH) Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.(AI)” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.(AJ)
18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him.(AK) “We are your slaves,”(AL) they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?(AM) 20 You intended to harm me,(AN) but God intended(AO) it for good(AP) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.(AQ) 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.(AR)” And he reassured them and spoke kindly(AS) to them.
The Death of Joseph
22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years(AT) 23 and saw the third generation(AU) of Ephraim’s(AV) children.(AW) Also the children of Makir(AX) son of Manasseh(AY) were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[c](AZ)
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die.(BA) But God will surely come to your aid(BB) and take you up out of this land to the land(BC) he promised on oath to Abraham,(BD) Isaac(BE) and Jacob.”(BF) 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath(BG) and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones(BH) up from this place.”(BI)
26 So Joseph died(BJ) at the age of a hundred and ten.(BK) And after they embalmed him,(BL) he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:9 Or charioteers
- Genesis 50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.
- Genesis 50:23 That is, were counted as his
Genesis 50
King James Version
50 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5 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 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee 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 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 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11 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 Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 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 buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 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 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25 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 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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