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50 Entonces José se abrazó al cuerpo de su padre, y llorando lo besó. Después ordenó a los médicos que estaban a su servicio que embalsamaran el cuerpo de su padre Israel, y así lo hicieron. Tardaron cuarenta días en embalsamarlo, porque ése es el tiempo que se necesita para hacerlo.

Los egipcios guardaron luto por Israel durante setenta días, y después de los días de luto, José habló con los del palacio del faraón y les dijo:

—Si me he ganado el aprecio de ustedes, háganme el favor de decirle al faraón que cuando mi padre estaba por morir, me hizo jurarle que yo lo enterraría en el sepulcro que él mismo se preparó, y que está en la tierra de Canaán. Así que yo le ruego me permita ir a enterrar a mi padre; una vez que lo haya enterrado, regresaré.

Y el faraón contestó:

—Ve a enterrar a tu padre, tal como él te lo pidió.

José fue a enterrar a su padre, y lo acompañaron todos los funcionarios que tenían autoridad en el palacio del faraón y en Egipto, la propia familia de Jacob, la de José, y sus hermanos. En la tierra de Gosen dejaron solamente a los niños y los animales. También gente con carretas y de a caballo acompañó a José, así que era muchísima gente. 10 Cuando llegaron a Goren-ha-atad, que está al oriente del río Jordán, tuvieron una solemne ceremonia luctuosa. Allí José guardó luto por su padre durante siete días.

11 Cuando los cananeos que vivían en esa región vieron la ceremonia, dijeron: «Los egipcios tienen un entierro muy solemne.» Por eso llamaron Abel-Misraim a aquel lugar que está al oriente del Jordán.

12 Los hijos de Jacob hicieron con su padre todo lo que él les había pedido, 13 pues lo llevaron a Canaán y lo enterraron en la cueva del terreno de Macpelá, que Abraham le había comprado a Efrón el hitita para que fuera el sepulcro de la familia. Este terreno y la cueva están al oriente de Mamré. 14 Después de haber sepultado a su padre, José regresó a Egipto junto con sus hermanos y con todos los que lo habían acompañado.

Últimos días de José

15 Como Jacob había muerto, los hermanos de José pensaron: «Tal vez José nos odia, y se va a vengar de todo el mal que le hicimos.» 16 Entonces le mandaron a decir: «Antes de que tu padre muriera, nos ordenó 17 que te dijéramos: “Por favor, te pido que perdones la maldad y pecado de tus hermanos, que tan mal te trataron.” Por eso te rogamos que perdones nuestra maldad, pues somos siervos del Dios de tu padre.»

Mientras los mensajeros le daban este mensaje, José lloraba. 18 Entonces llegaron sus propios hermanos, se inclinaron delante de él hasta tocar el suelo con la frente, y le dijeron:

—Aquí nos tienes. Somos tus esclavos.

19 Pero José les contestó:

—No tengan miedo. Yo no puedo ponerme en lugar de Dios. 20 Ustedes pensaron hacerme mal, pero Dios cambió ese mal en bien para hacer lo que hoy vemos: para salvar la vida de mucha gente. 21 Así que no tengan miedo. Yo les daré de comer a ustedes y a sus hijos.

Así José los tranquilizó, pues les habló con mucho cariño.

Muerte de José

22 José y la familia de su padre siguieron viviendo en Egipto. José vivió ciento diez años, 23 y llegó a ver a los bisnietos de Efraín. También alcanzó a recibir como miembros de la familia a los hijos de su nieto Maquir, que era hijo de Manasés.

24 Un día José les dijo a sus hermanos: «Me falta poco para morir, pero Dios vendrá a ayudarlos, y los sacará de este país para llevarlos a la tierra que les prometió a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob.» 25 Entonces hizo que los hijos de Israel le juraran, y les dijo: «En verdad, Dios vendrá a ayudarlos. Cuando eso suceda, ustedes deben llevarse de aquí mis restos.»

26 José murió en Egipto a la edad de ciento diez años, y su cuerpo fue embalsamado y puesto en un ataúd.

50 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.(A) Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,(B) taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(C)

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, ‘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.’”

Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

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— 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) 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

  1. Genesis 50:9 Or charioteers
  2. Genesis 50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.
  3. Genesis 50:23 That is, were counted as his

50 Allora Giuseppe si gettò sulla faccia di suo padre e pianse su di lui, e lo baciò.

Poi Giuseppe ordinò ai medici che erano al suo servizio di imbalsamare suo padre; e i medici imbalsamarono Israele.

Ci vollero quaranta giorni perché tale è il tempo necessario per l'imbalsamazione; e gli Egiziani lo piansero settanta giorni.

Quando i giorni del lutto fatto per lui furono passati, Giuseppe parlò alla casa del Faraone, dicendo: «Deh, se ho trovato grazia ai vostri occhi, riferite al Faraone queste parole:

Mio padre mi ha fatto giurare e mi ha detto: "Ecco, io sto per morire; seppelliscimi nel sepolcro che ho scavato per me nel paese di Canaan". Ora dunque permetti che io salga a seppellire mio padre; poi tornerò».

Il Faraone rispose: «Sali e seppellisci tuo padre come egli ti ha fatto giurare».

Allora Giuseppe salì a seppellire suo padre; e con lui salirono tutti i servi del Faraone, gli anziani della sua casa e tutti gli anziani del paese d'Egitto,

e tutta la casa di Giuseppe, i suoi fratelli e la casa di suo padre. Nel paese di Goscen lasciarono soltanto i loro bambini, le loro greggi e i loro armenti.

Con lui salirono pure carri e cavalieri, così da formare un enorme corteo di gente.

10 Come furono giunti all'aia di Atad, che è oltre il Giordano, vi fecero grandi e solenni lamenti; e Giuseppe osservò per suo padre un lutto di sette giorni.

11 Or quando gli abitanti del paese, i Cananei, videro il lutto dell'aia di Atad, dissero: «Questo è un grave lutto per gli Egiziani!». Perciò quel luogo fu chiamato Abel-Mitsraim che è oltre il Giordano.

12 suoi figli fecero per lui quello che egli aveva ordinato loro.

13 I suoi figli lo trasportarono nel paese di Canaan e lo seppellirono nella spelonca del campo di Makpelah, di fronte a Mamre, che Abrahamo aveva comperato col campo da Efron l'Hitteo, come sepolcro di sua proprietà.

14 Dopo aver sepolto suo padre, Giuseppe tornò in Egitto con i suoi fratelli e con tutti quelli che erano saliti con lui a seppellire suo padre.

15 I fratelli di Giuseppe, quando videro che il loro padre era morto, dissero: «Chissà se Giuseppe non nutra rancore verso di noi, e non ci renda tutto il male che gli abbiamo fatto?».

16 Allora mandarono a dire a Giuseppe: «Tuo padre prima di morire diede quest'ordine dicendo:

17 "Così direte a Giuseppe: Deh, perdona ora ai tuoi fratelli il loro misfatto e il loro peccato, perché ti hanno fatto del male". Deh, perdona dunque ora il misfatto de servi del DIO di tuo padre!». Giuseppe, quando gli parlarono così, pianse.

18 Poi vennero anche i suoi fratelli e si gettarono davanti a lui, e dissero: «Ecco, siamo tuoi servi».

19 Giuseppe disse loro: «Non temete; sono io forse al posto di DIO?

20 Voi avete macchinato del male contro di me; ma DIO ha voluto farlo servire al bene, per compiere quello che oggi avviene: conservare in vita un popolo numeroso.

21 Ora dunque non temete; io provvederò il nutrimento per voi e per i vostri figli». Così li confortò e parlò al cuore loro con dolcezza.

22 Così Giuseppe dimorò in Egitto, egli e la casa di suo padre, e visse centodieci anni.

23 Giuseppe vide figli di Efraim, fino alla terza generazione; anche i figli di Makir, figlio di Manasse, nacquero sulle sue ginocchia.

24 Poi Giuseppe disse ai suoi fratelli: «Io sto per morire; ma DIO per certo vi visiterà e vi farà salire da questo paese nel paese che promise con giuramento ad Abrahamo, a Isacco e a Giacobbe».

25 Giuseppe fece quindi giurare i figli d'Israele, dicendo: «DIO per certo vi visiterà; allora voi porterete via da qui le mie ossa».

26 Poi Giuseppe morì, in età di centodieci anni; lo imbalsamarono e lo posero in una bara in Egitto.

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

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

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.

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,

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.

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

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,

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.

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.