| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him. | 1Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. |
| 2And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him, | 2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. |
| 3taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. | 3Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. |
| 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 | 4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, |
| 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.” | 5‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.” Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.’” |
| 6Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.” | 6And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.” |
| 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— | 7So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his 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. | 8as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. |
| 9Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession. | 9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company. |
| 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. | 10When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days. |
| 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. | 11When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. |
| 12So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them. | 12Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded 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. | 13for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. |
| 14After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father. | 14After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up 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.” | 15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” |
| 16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, | 16So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: |
| 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. | 17‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. |
| 18His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!” | 18His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” |
| 19But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? | 19But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? |
| 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. | 20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. |
| 21Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them. | 21So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. |
| 22Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110. | 22So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years. |
| 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. | 23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own. |
| 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.” | 24And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” |
| 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.” | 25Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” |
| 26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt. | 26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. |
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