1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray thee, that I may bury my father; and I will come again.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.

10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.

11 And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, and they said, This is a grievous mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

12 And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;

13 and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought along with the field, for a possession of a sepulchre, of Ephron the Hittite, opposite to Mamre.

14 And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had gone up with him to bury his father.

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!

16 And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

17 Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

19 And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?

20 Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as {it is} this day, to save a great people alive.

21 And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third {generation}; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.

24 And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; and God will certainly visit you, and bring you up out of this land, into the land that he swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.

26 And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

1 José se lançou sobre o rosto de seu pai, chorou sobre ele e o beijou.

2 Ordenou a seus servos, os médicos, que embalsamassem a seu pai; e os médicos embalsamaram a Israel.

3 Cumpriram-se-lhe quarenta dias, pois assim se cumprem os dias da embalsamação; e os egípcios choraram-no setenta dias.

4 Acabados os dias de o chorarem, disse José à casa de Faraó: Se agora achei graça aos vossos olhos, rogo-vos que faleis aos ouvidos de Faraó:

5 Meu pai me fez jurar, dizendo: Eis que eu morro; no meu sepulcro que fiz abrir para mim na terra de Canaã, ali me sepultarás. Agora, pois, deixa-me subir e sepultar meu pai, depois voltarei.

6 Respondeu Faraó: Vai sepultar teu pai como ele te fez jurar.

7 José subiu para sepultar a seu pai; e com ele subiram todos os servos de Faraó, os anciãos da sua casa, e todos os anciãos da terra do Egito,

8 e toda a casa de José, e seus irmãos e a casa de seu pai; somente deixaram na terra de Gósen os seus pequeninos, os seus rebanhos e os seus gados.

9 Subiram com ele tanto carros como cavaleiros; e houve um concurso mui grande.

10 Vieram à eira de Atade, que está além do Jordão, e ali prantearam com mui grande e forte pranto sete dias; e fez José uma lamentação por seu pai.

11 Tendo os moradores da terra, os cananeus, visto o pranto na eira de Atade, disseram: Grande pranto é este dos egípcios; pelo que o lugar foi chamado Abelmizraim, que está além do Jordão.

12 Fizeram-lhe seus filhos como lhes havia ordenado:

13 levaram-no para a terra de Canaã, e o sepultaram na cova no campo de Macpela, em frente de Manré, a qual Abraão comprou com o campo para posse de lugar de sepultura a Efrom heteu.

14 Depois de haverem feito isto, voltou José para o Egito, ele, seus irmãos e todos os que com ele subiram para sepultar seu pai.

15 Vendo os irmãos de José que seu pai tinha morrido, disseram: Porventura José nos aborrecerá, e nos retribuirá todo o mal que lhe fizemos.

16 Mandaram, então, esta mensagem a José: Teu pai ordenou antes da sua morte, dizendo:

17 Assim direis a José: Perdoa a transgressão de teus irmãos e o seu pecado, porque te fizeram mal. Agora, pois, rogamos-te que perdoes a transgressão dos servos do Deus de teu pai. José chorou enquanto lhe falavam.

18 Vieram também seus irmãos, prostraram-se diante dele e disseram: Nós somos teus servos.

19 Respondeu-lhes José: Não temais; acaso estou eu em lugar de Deus?

20 Vós, na verdade, intentastes o mal contra mim; porém Deus o intentou para o bem, para fazer, como é agora, que se conserve muita gente em vida.

21 Agora, pois, não temais; eu vos sustentarei a vós e a vossos filhinhos. Assim os consolou, e lhes falou ao coração.

22 José habitou no Egito, ele e a casa de seu pai; e viveu cento e dez anos.

23 Viu José os filhos de Efraim até a terceira geração; também os filhos de Maquir, filho de Manassés, nasceram sobre os joelhos de José.

24 Disse José a seus irmãos: Eu morro; porém Deus certamente vos visitará, e vos fará subir desta terra para a terra que jurou a Abraão, a Isaque e a Jacó.

25 José fez os filhos de Israel jurar, dizendo: Certamente Deus vos visitará, e fareis transportar deste lugar os meus ossos.

26 Assim morreu José, tendo cento e dez anos de idade; embalsamaram-no e puseram-no num caixão no Egito.