Mourning and Burial for Jacob 1 CPDV Joseph, realizing this, fell upon his father’s face, weeping and kissing him. BSB BSB: Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
2 CPDV And he instructed his servant physicians to embalm his father with aromatics. BSB BSB: And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
3 CPDV And while they were fulfilling his orders, forty days passed. For this was the method of embalming dead bodies. And Egypt wept for him for seventy days. BSB BSB: taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4 CPDV And when the time for mourning was fulfilled, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharaoh: “If I have found favor in your sight, speak to the ears of Pharaoh. 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 CPDV For my father made me swear, saying: ‘See, I am dying. You shall bury me in my sepulcher which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Therefore, I shall go up and bury my father, and then return.” 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 CPDV And Pharaoh said to him, “Go up and bury your father, just as he made you swear.” BSB BSB: Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 CPDV So as he went up, all the elders of the house of Pharaoh went with him, along with every patriarch in 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 CPDV and the house of Joseph with his brothers, except their little ones and flocks and also the herds, which they left behind 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 CPDV Likewise, he had in his company chariots and horsemen. And it became a crowd without restraint. BSB BSB: Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
10 CPDV And they arrived at the threshing place of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan. There they spent seven full days celebrating the funeral rites with a great and vehement lamentation. 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 CPDV And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan had seen this, they said, “This is a great Lamentation for the Egyptians.” And for this reason, the name of that place was called, “The Lamentation of Egypt.” 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 CPDV And so, the sons of Jacob did just as he had instructed them. BSB BSB: So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
13 CPDV And carrying him into the land of Canaan, they buried him in the double cave, which Abraham had bought along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial, opposite 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 CPDV And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brothers and all those of his company, having 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 CPDV Now that he was dead, his brothers were afraid, and they said to one another: “Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he suffered and requite us for all the evil that 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 CPDV So they sent a message to him, saying: “Your father instructed us before he died, BSB BSB: So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
17 CPDV that we should say these words to you from him: ‘I beg you to forget the wickedness of your brothers, and the sin and malice that they practiced against you.’ Likewise, we petition you to release the servants of the God of your father from this iniquity.” Hearing this, Joseph wept. 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 CPDV And his brothers went to him. And reverencing prostrate on the ground, they said, “We are your servants.” BSB BSB: His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
19 CPDV And he answered them: “Do not be afraid. Are we able to resist the will of God? BSB BSB: But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
21 CPDV Do not be afraid. I will pasture you and your little ones.” And he consoled them, and he spoke mildly and leniently. 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 CPDV And he lived in Egypt with all his father’s house; and he survived for one hundred and ten years. And he saw the sons of Ephraim to the third generation. Likewise, the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born onto Joseph’s knees. BSB BSB: Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
24 CPDV After these things happened, he said to his brothers: “God will visit you after my death, and he will make you ascend from this land into the land which he swore to Abraham, 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 CPDV And when he had made them swear and had said, “God will visit you; carry my bones with you from this place,” 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 CPDV he died, having completed one hundred and ten years of his life. And having been embalmed with aromatics, he was laid to rest 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.