Joseph Reassures His Brothers

¹⁵ When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, ^(A)they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may ^[a]actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.” ¹⁶ So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying, ¹⁷ ‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; ^(B)for they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of ^(C)the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

¹⁸ Then his brothers also went and ^(D)fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

¹⁹ Joseph said to them, ^(E)“Do not be afraid, ^(F)for am I in the place of God? ^20 (G)But as for you, you meant evil against me; but ^(H)God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. ²¹ Now therefore, do not be afraid; ^(I)I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke ^[b]kindly to them.

Death of Joseph^(J)

²² So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. ²³ Joseph saw Ephraim’s children ^(K)to the third generation. ^(L)The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, ^(M)were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.

²⁴ And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but ^(N)God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land ^(O)of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” ²⁵ Then ^(P)Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely ^[c]visit you, and ^(Q)you shall carry up my ^(R)bones from here.” ²⁶ So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Job’s Repentance and Restoration

42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:

⁷ And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. ⁸ Now therefore, take for yourselves ^(G)seven bulls and seven rams, ^(H)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall ^(I)pray for you. For I will accept ^[b]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

⁹ So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had ^[c]accepted Job. ^10 (J)And the Lord ^[d]restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job ^(K)twice as much as he had before. ¹¹ Then ^(L)all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.

¹² Now the Lord blessed ^(M)the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had ^(N)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. ^13 (O)He also had seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ And he called the name of the first ^[e]Jemimah, the name of the second ^[f]Keziah, and the name of the third ^[g]Keren-Happuch. ¹⁵ In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

¹⁶ After this Job ^(P)lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. ¹⁷ So Job died, old and ^(Q)full of days.