Old Testament · Law

Genesis chapter 50

Joseph , crying over him and kissing him.Joseph ordered his servants -- the -- to his father. So the physicians embalmed .It took a full , because that’s how long embalming takes. And the Egyptians mourned him for .When the mourning period was over, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s court officials: “If I’ve with you, please bring this message to Pharaoh for me:My father . He said, ‘I’m about to die. Bury me in the for myself in the land of .’ So please let me go up and bury my father, and then I’ll come back.”Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”So Joseph went up to bury his father, and all of Pharaoh’s officials went with him -- the and all the senior leaders of Egypt --along with everyone in Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. They only left behind their young children, their flocks, and their herds in the region of .Chariots and horsemen went up with him too. It was an .When they arrived at the , which is across the Jordan, they held a massive, deeply intense time of mourning there. Joseph observed for his father.When the who lived in the area saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a profound time of mourning for the Egyptians.” That’s why the place was named -- it’s across the Jordan.So Jacob’s sons did exactly what their father had commanded them.His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of -- the field near Mamre that Abraham had bought from Ephron the as a .After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt -- he, his brothers, and everyone who had gone up with him for the burial.When Joseph’s brothers realized their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph against us? What if he for all the terrible things we did to him?”So they sent a message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he gave us these instructions:‘This is what you should say to Joseph: Please, I’m begging you, what your brothers did -- their and the terrible way they treated you.’ So now, please forgive the offense of the servants of .” Joseph when they delivered this message to him.Then his brothers themselves came and . They said, “Look -- we’re your .”But Joseph told them, “. Am I ?You , but -- to bring about what’s happening right now: the of .So don’t be afraid. I’ll and your children.” And he reassured them and .Joseph stayed in Egypt -- he and his father’s family. Joseph lived to be .Joseph lived to see ’s grandchildren. And the children of son of Manasseh were when they were born.Joseph told his brothers, “I’m about to die. But and bring you up out of this land to the land he to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”Then Joseph an oath: “When God comes through for you, you must from here.”Joseph died at a hundred and ten years old. They him and placed him in a in .