Mourning and Burial for Jacob 1 AKJV And Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept on him, and kissed him. BSB BSB: Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
2 AKJV And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. BSB BSB: And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
3 AKJV And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days. BSB BSB: taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 AKJV And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, BSB BSB: When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
5 AKJV My father made me swear, saying, See, I die: in my grave which I have dig for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. BSB BSB: my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
6 AKJV And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear. BSB BSB: Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 AKJV 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, BSB BSB: Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
8 AKJV And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. BSB BSB: along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
9 AKJV And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. BSB BSB: Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
10 AKJV And they came to the threshing floor 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. BSB BSB: When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
11 AKJV 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: why the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. BSB BSB: When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
12 AKJV And his sons did to him according as he commanded them: BSB BSB: So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
13 AKJV 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 burial plot of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. BSB BSB: They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
14 AKJV And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. BSB BSB: After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
Joseph Comforts His Brothers 15 AKJV And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did to him. BSB BSB: When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
16 AKJV And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying, BSB BSB: So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
17 AKJV So shall you say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin; for they did to you evil: and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. BSB BSB: ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
18 AKJV And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be your servants. BSB BSB: His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
19 AKJV And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? BSB BSB: But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
21 AKJV Now therefore fear you not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. BSB BSB: Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
The Death of Joseph 22 AKJV And Joseph dwelled in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. BSB BSB: Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
23 AKJV And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees. BSB BSB: He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
24 AKJV And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. BSB BSB: Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
25 AKJV And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from hence. BSB BSB: And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26 AKJV So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. BSB BSB: So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.