Genesis 50
New American Standard Bible
Jacob Is Buried
50 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him. 2 Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians (A)embalmed Israel. 3 Now forty days were [a]required for [b]it, for [c]such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians (B)wept for him seventy days.
4 When the days of [d]mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak [e]to Pharaoh, saying, 5 ‘(C)My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave (D)which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now then, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’” 6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
7 So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen. 9 Chariots with teams of horses also went up with him; and it was a very great company. 10 When they came to the [f]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they (E)mourned there with a very great and [g]sorrowful lamentation; and he [h]observed seven days of mourning for his father. 11 Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at [i]the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a [j]grievous [k]mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [l]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Burial at Machpelah
12 And so his sons did for him as he had commanded them; 13 for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in (F)the cave of the field of Machpelah opposite Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a [m]burial site from Ephron the Hittite. 14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
15 When Joseph’s brothers had seen that their father was dead, they said, “(G)What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!” 16 So they sent instructions to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded us before he died, saying, 17 ‘This is what you shall say to Joseph: “Please forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 Then his brothers also came and (H)fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? 20 As for you, (I)you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about [n]this present result, to keep many people alive. 21 So therefore, do not be afraid; (J)I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke [o]kindly to them.
Death of Joseph
22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived 110 years. 23 Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were (K)born on Joseph’s knees. 24 Joseph said to his brothers, “(L)I am about to die, but God will assuredly [p]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He [q]promised on oath to (M)Abraham, to (N)Isaac, and to (O)Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will assuredly [r]take care of you, and (P)you shall carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they (Q)embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 50:3 Lit fulfilled
- Genesis 50:3 Or him
- Genesis 50:3 Lit so are fulfilled the days of embalming
- Genesis 50:4 Lit weeping
- Genesis 50:4 Lit In the ears of
- Genesis 50:10 Heb Goren ha-Atad
- Genesis 50:10 Lit heavy
- Genesis 50:10 Lit made a mourning for seven days
- Genesis 50:11 Heb Goren ha-Atad
- Genesis 50:11 Lit heavy
- Genesis 50:11 Heb ebel
- Genesis 50:11 I.e., the meadow (or mourning) of Egypt
- Genesis 50:13 Lit possession of a burial place
- Genesis 50:20 Lit as this day
- Genesis 50:21 Lit to their heart
- Genesis 50:24 Or visit
- Genesis 50:24 Lit swore
- Genesis 50:25 Or visit
Genesis 50
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
50 And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father's face weeping and kissing him.
2 And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
3 And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.
4 And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:
5 For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.
6 And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.
7 So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao's house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8 And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen.
9 He had also in his train chariots and horsemen: and it was a great company.
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.
11 And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.
12 So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.
13 And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought together with the field for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hethite over against Mambre.
14 And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father.
15 Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.
16 And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
17 That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
18 And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.
19 And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
21 Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
22 And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father's house: and lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasses were born on Joseph's knees.
23 After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
24 And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my bones with you out of this place:
25 And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
Бытие 50
Russian Synodal Version
50 Иосиф пал на лице отца своего, и плакал над ним, и целовал его.
2 И повелел Иосиф слугам своим--врачам, бальзамировать отца его; и врачи набальзамировали Израиля.
3 И исполнилось ему сорок дней, ибо столько дней употребляется на бальзамирование, и оплакивали его Египтяне семьдесят дней.
4 Когда же прошли дни плача по нем, Иосиф сказал придворным фараона, говоря: если я обрел благоволение в очах ваших, то скажите фараону так:
5 отец мой заклял меня, сказав: вот, я умираю; во гробе моем, который я выкопал себе в земле Ханаанской, там похорони меня. И теперь хотел бы я пойти и похоронить отца моего и возвратиться.
6 И сказал фараон: пойди и похорони отца твоего, как он заклял тебя.
7 И пошел Иосиф хоронить отца своего. И пошли с ним все слуги фараона, старейшины дома его и все старейшины земли Египетской,
8 и весь дом Иосифа, и братья его, и дом отца его. Только детей своих и мелкий и крупный скот свой оставили в земле Гесем.
9 С ним отправились также колесницы и всадники, так что сонм был весьма велик.
10 И дошли они до Горен-гаатада при Иордане и плакали там плачем великим и весьма сильным; и сделал [Иосиф] плач по отце своем семь дней.
11 И видели жители земли той, Хананеи, плач в Горен-гаатаде, и сказали: велик плач этот у Египтян! Посему наречено имя [месту] тому: плач Египтян, что при Иордане.
12 И сделали сыновья [Иакова] с ним, как он заповедал им;
13 и отнесли его сыновья его в землю Ханаанскую и похоронили его в пещере на поле Махпела, которую купил Авраам с полем в собственность для погребения у Ефрона Хеттеянина, пред Мамре.
14 И возвратился Иосиф в Египет, сам и братья его и все ходившие с ним хоронить отца его, после погребения им отца своего.
15 И увидели братья Иосифовы, что умер отец их, и сказали: что, если Иосиф возненавидит нас и захочет отмстить нам за всё зло, которое мы ему сделали?
16 И послали они сказать Иосифу: отец твой пред смертью своею завещал, говоря:
17 так скажите Иосифу: прости братьям твоим вину и грех их, так как они сделали тебе зло. И ныне прости вины рабов Бога отца твоего. Иосиф плакал, когда ему говорили это.
18 Пришли и сами братья его, и пали пред лицем его, и сказали: вот, мы рабы тебе.
19 И сказал Иосиф: не бойтесь, ибо я боюсь Бога;
20 вот, вы умышляли против меня зло; но Бог обратил это в добро, чтобы сделать то, что теперь есть: сохранить жизнь великому числу людей;
21 итак не бойтесь: я буду питать вас и детей ваших. И успокоил их и говорил по сердцу их.
22 И жил Иосиф в Египте сам и дом отца его; жил же Иосиф всего сто десять лет.
23 И видел Иосиф детей у Ефрема до третьего рода, также и сыновья Махира, сына Манассиина, родились на колени Иосифа.
24 И сказал Иосиф братьям своим: я умираю, но Бог посетит вас и выведет вас из земли сей в землю, о которой клялся Аврааму, Исааку и Иакову.
25 И заклял Иосиф сынов Израилевых, говоря: Бог посетит вас, и вынесите кости мои отсюда.
26 И умер Иосиф ста десяти лет. И набальзамировали его и положили в ковчег в Египте.
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