50Genesis 50

1Joseph started crying, then leaned over to hug and kiss his father.Select Genesis 50:1

2Joseph gave orders for Jacob's body to be embalmed,Select Genesis 50:2

3and it took the usual 40 days. The Egyptians mourned 70 days for Jacob.Select Genesis 50:3

4When the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to the Egyptian leaders, “If you consider me your friend, please speak to the king for me.Select Genesis 50:4

5Just before my father died, he made me promise to bury him in his burial cave in Canaan. If the king will give me permission to go, I will come back here.”Select Genesis 50:5

6The king answered, “Go to Canaan and keep your promise to your father.”Select Genesis 50:6

9When Joseph left Goshen with his brothers, his relatives, and his father's relatives to bury Jacob, many of the king's highest officials and even his military chariots and cavalry went along. The Israelites left behind only their children, their cattle, and their sheep and goats.Select Genesis 50:9

10After crossing the Jordan River, Joseph stopped at Atad's threshing place, where they all mourned and wept seven days for Jacob.Select Genesis 50:10

11The Canaanites saw this and said, “The Egyptians are in great sorrow.” Then they named the place “Egypt in Sorrow.”Select Genesis 50:11

12So Jacob's sons did just as their father had instructed.Select Genesis 50:12

13They took him to Mamre in Canaan and buried him in Machpelah Cave, the burial place Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite.Select Genesis 50:13

14After the funeral, Joseph, his brothers, and everyone else returned to Egypt.Select Genesis 50:14

Joseph's Promise to His Brothers

15After Jacob died, Joseph's brothers said to each other, “What if Joseph still hates us and wants to get even with us for all the cruel things we did to him?”Select Genesis 50:15

16So they sent this message to Joseph: Before our father died,Select Genesis 50:16

17he told us, “You did some cruel and terrible things to Joseph, but you must ask him to forgive you.” Now we ask you to please forgive the terrible things we did. After all, we serve the same God that your father worshiped. When Joseph heard this, he started crying.Select Genesis 50:17

18Right then, Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to the ground in front of him and said, “We are your slaves.”Select Genesis 50:18

19But Joseph told them, “Don't be afraid! I have no right to change what God has decided.Select Genesis 50:19

20You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.Select Genesis 50:20

21Don't be afraid! I will take care of you and your children.” After Joseph said this, his brothers felt much better.Select Genesis 50:21

Joseph's Death

22Joseph lived in Egypt with his brothers until he died at the age of 110.Select Genesis 50:22

23Joseph lived long enough to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to see the children of Manasseh's son Machir, and he welcomed them into his family.Select Genesis 50:23

24Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, “I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Select Genesis 50:24

25Now promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land.”Select Genesis 50:25

26So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of 110; his body was embalmed and put in a coffin.Select Genesis 50:26