Mourning and Burial for Jacob 1 Brenton And Joseph fell upon 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 Brenton And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel. BSB BSB: And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
3 Brenton And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days. BSB BSB: taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 Brenton And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharao, saying, If I have found favour in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharao, 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 Brenton My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return 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 Brenton And Pharao said to Joseph, Go up, bury thy father, as he constrained thee to swear. BSB BSB: Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 Brenton So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharao went up with him, and 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 Brenton And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Gesem. 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 Brenton And there went up with him also chariots and horsemen; and there was a very great company. BSB BSB: Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
10 Brenton And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him 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 Brenton And the inhabitants of the land of Chanaan saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, and said, This is a great mourning to the Egyptians; therefore he called its name, The mourning of Egypt, 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 Brenton And thus his sons did to him. BSB BSB: So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
13 Brenton So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan, and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for possession of a burying place, of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre. 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 Brenton And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and those that had gone up with him to bury 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 Brenton And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, Let us take heed , lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against 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 Brenton And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying, BSB BSB: So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
17 Brenton Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while 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 Brenton And they came to him and said, We, these persons , are thy servants. BSB BSB: His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
19 Brenton And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's. BSB BSB: But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
21 Brenton And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families: 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 Brenton And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brethren, and all the family of his father; and Joseph lived a 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 Brenton And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasse were borne on the sides of Joseph. 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 Brenton And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which God sware to our fathers, Abraam, Isaac, and 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 Brenton And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my bones hence with you. 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 Brenton And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and they prepared his corpse, and put him 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.