1Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.[ † ]Genesis 46:4-292 Kings 13:14
2And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,[ † ]Genesis 50:262 Chronicles 16:14Matthew 26:12Mark 16:1Luke 24:1John 19:39-40 3taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.[ † ]Genesis 37:34Numbers 20:29Deuteronomy 34:8
4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that[ † ]Esther 4:2 5my 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.”[ † ]Genesis 47:29-312 Chronicles 16:14Isaiah 22:16Matthew 27:60
6Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7Then 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— 8along 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.
9Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession. 10When 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.[ † ]Acts 8:21 Samuel 31:13Job 2:13
11When 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.
12So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them. 13They 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.[ † ]Genesis 49:29-31Acts 7:16Genesis 23:16-20
14After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
15When 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.”[ † ]Job 15:21
16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
17‘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.[ † ]Proverbs 28:13Genesis 49:25 18His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”[ † ]Genesis 37:7-10Genesis 41:43Genesis 44:14
19But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?[ † ]Genesis 45:5Genesis 30:22 Kings 5:7 20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.[ † ]Genesis 45:5-7Psalms 56:5Acts 3:13-15 21Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.[ † ]Matthew 5:44
22Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110. 23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.[ † ]Genesis 48:1Job 42:16Numbers 26:29Numbers 32:39Genesis 30:3
24Then 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.”[ † ]Genesis 15:14Genesis 46:4Genesis 48:21Exodus 3:16-17Joshua 3:17Hebrews 11:22Genesis 26:3Genesis 35:12Exodus 6:8 25And 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.”[ † ]Genesis 47:29-30Exodus 13:19Joshua 24:32Acts 7:15-16Hebrews 11:22Genesis 17:8Genesis 28:13Genesis 35:12Deuteronomy 1:8Deuteronomy 30:1-8
26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.