Genesis:50

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* Then Joseph fell on his father 's face and wept over him , and kissed him . * And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father . So the physicians embalmed Israel . * Forty days were required for him , for such are the days required for those who are embalmed ; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days . * Now when the days of his mourning were past , Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh , saying , "If now I have found favor in your eyes , please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh , saying , * "My father made me swear , saying , "Behold , I am dying ; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan , there you shall bury me ." Now therefore , please let me go up and bury my father , and I will come back ."' * And Pharaoh said , "Go up and bury your father , as he made you swear ." * So 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 , * as well as all the house of Joseph , his brothers , and his father 's house . Only their little ones , their flocks , and their herds they left in the land of Goshen . * And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen , and it was a very great gathering . * Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad , which is beyond the Jordan , and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation . He observed seven days of mourning for his father . * And when the inhabitants of the land , the Canaanites , saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad , they said , "This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians ." Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim , which is beyond the Jordan . * So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them . * For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan , and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah , before Mamre , which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place . * And after he had buried his father , Joseph returned to Egypt , he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father . * When Joseph 's brothers saw that their father was dead , they said , "Perhaps Joseph will hate us , and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him ." * So they sent messengers to Joseph , saying , "Before your father died he commanded , saying , * "Thus you shall say to Joseph : "I beg you , please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin ; for they did evil to you ."' Now , please , forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father ." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him . * Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face , and they said , "Behold , we are your servants ." * Joseph said to them , "Do not be afraid , for am I in the place of God ? * But as for you , you meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good , in order to bring it about as it is this day , to save many people alive . * Now therefore , do not be afraid ; I will provide for you and your little ones ." And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them . * So Joseph dwelt in Egypt , he and his father 's household . And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years . * Joseph saw Ephraim 's children to the third generation . The children of Machir , the son of Manasseh , were also brought up on Joseph 's knees . * And Joseph said to his brethren , "I am dying ; but God will surely visit you , and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob ." * Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel , saying , "God will surely visit you , and you shall carry up my bones from here ." * So Joseph died , being one hundred and ten years old ; and they embalmed him , and he was put in a coffin in Egypt .

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