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1 Joseph fell across his father's body, wept over him, and kissed him.
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Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
2 Joseph then ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.
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Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
4 After the period of mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's household: "If you approve my request, give Pharaoh this message:
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And 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,
5 My father made me promise, telling me, ‘I'm about to die. You must bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.' Now, let me leave and let me bury my father, and then I will return."
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‘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. ’”
6 Pharaoh replied, "Go, bury your father as you promised."
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And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear. ”
7 So Joseph left to bury his father. All of Pharaoh's servants went with him, together with the elder statesmen in his household and all of the elder statesmen in the land of Egypt,
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So 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,
8 Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household. Only the children, flocks, and cattle remained in the land of Goshen.
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as 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.
9 Even chariots and horsemen went with him; it was a huge collection of people.
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And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.
10 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan River, they observed a solemn, deeply sorrowful period of mourning. He grieved seven days for his father.
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When 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.
11 When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw the observance of grief on Atad's threshing floor, they said, "This is a solemn observance of grief by the Egyptians." Therefore, its name is Abel-mizraim. It is on the other side of the Jordan River.
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When 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.
12 Israel's sons did for him just as he had ordered.
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Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them,
13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hittite.
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for 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.
14 Then Joseph returned to Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left with him to bury his father.
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After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
15 When Joseph's brothers realized that their father was now dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible things we did to him?"
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When 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. ”
16 So they approached Joseph and said, "Your father gave orders before he died, telling us,
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So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died:
17 ‘This is what you should say to Joseph. 'Please, forgive your brothers' sins and misdeeds, for they did terrible things to you. Now, please forgive the sins of the servants of your father's God.''" Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
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‘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.
18 His brothers wept too, fell down in front of him, and said, "We're here as your slaves."
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His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants. ”
19 But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I God?
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But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?
20 You planned something bad for me, but God produced something good from it, in order to save the lives of many people, just as he's doing today.
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As 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.
21 Now, don't be afraid. I will take care of you and your children." So he put them at ease and spoke reassuringly to them.
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So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones. ” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
22 Thus Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his father's household. Joseph lived 110 years
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So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years.
23 and saw Ephraim's grandchildren. The children of Machir, Manasseh's son, were also born on Joseph's knees.
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And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own.
24 Joseph said to his brothers, "I'm about to die. God will certainly take care of you and bring you out of this land to the land he promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
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And 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. ”
25 Joseph made Israel's sons promise, "When God takes care of you, you must bring up my bones out of here."
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Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here. ”
26 Joseph died when he was 110 years old. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
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So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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