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1 Josef kastede sig over sin døde far og græd og kyssede ham. 2 Derefter gav han sine bedemænd ordre til at balsamere liget. 3 Balsameringen tog 40 dage, og der var landesorg i Egypten i 10 uger. 4 Da sørgetiden var forbi, henvendte Josef sig til Faraos rådgivere og bad dem tale hans sag. 5 „Sig til Farao, at min far lod mig sværge på, at jeg ville opfylde hans sidste ønske,” forklarede Josef. „Min far sagde til mig, at når han var død, skulle jeg bringe hans lig tilbage til Kana’an og begrave ham i den hule, hvor hans forfædre ligger begravet. Derfor er jeg nødt til at tage af sted og begrave min far. Når det er gjort, vil jeg straks vende tilbage hertil.” 6 Farao gav Josef lov til at rejse. „Tag du bare af sted og begrav din far, som du har lovet,” sagde han. 7 Så tog Josef af sted med et større følge af Faraos rådgivere og højtstående embedsmænd. 8 Han tog også sine brødre og deres familier med. Men de lod deres mindre børn og fåre- og kvægflokke blive tilbage i Goshens land. 9 Det var således et større følge af vogne og ryttere, som ledsagede Josef. 10 Da de kom til tærskepladsen ved Atad nær ved Jordanfloden, holdt de en højtidelig sørgeceremoni, hvor de begræd Josefs far i syv dage. 11 Senere kaldte de lokale indbyggere, kana’anæerne, det sted Abel-Mitzrajim,^[1] for de sagde: „På dette sted holdt egypterne dyb sorg!” 12 Således gjorde Jakobs sønner, som deres far havde befalet dem: 13 De bragte hans lig ind i Kana’ans land og begravede ham i hulen ved Makpela, som Abraham havde købt for at bruge den til familiegravsted. 14 Derefter vendte Josef tilbage til Egypten sammen med sine brødre og alle dem, som var fulgt med ham til hans fars begravelse.

Fuld forsoning mellem Josef og hans brødre

15 Efter at deres far var død, blev Josefs brødre ængstelige. „Måske bærer Josef nag og vil hævne sig på os for alt det onde, vi har gjort imod ham,” sagde de til hinanden. 16-17 Derfor sendte de følgende budskab til Josef: „Før sin død pålagde din far os at give dig følgende besked fra ham: ‚Tilgiv dine brødre for alt det onde, de har gjort imod dig.’ Derfor beder vi, som er din fars Guds tjenere, om du vil tilgive os!” Da Josef hørte de ord, brød han sammen og græd. 18 Derefter kom hans brødre personligt til ham og bøjede sig for ham. „Vi er dine slaver,” sagde de. 19 Men Josef svarede: „I skal ikke være bange for mig. Er jeg måske Gud, så jeg skulle dømme og straffe jer? 20 Selvom jeres hensigter var onde, ved jeg, at Guds hensigt var at vende det til noget godt, for han gav mig den position, jeg har i dag, så jeg kunne redde mange menneskers liv. 21 Nej, I må ikke være bange. Jeg vil personligt tage mig af jer og jeres familier.” Han forsøgte på alle måder at berolige og opmuntre dem med venlige ord.

Josefs død

22 Josef og hans brødre og deres familier blev boende i Egypten. Josef var efterhånden blevet 110 år gammel, 23 og han nåede at se sin søn Efraims børnebørn og Manasses søn Makirs børn. Han betragtede sine børnebørn som sine egne. 24 „Jeg skal snart dø,” sagde Josef til sine brødre, „men Gud vil helt sikkert føre jer ud af Egypten og bringe jer tilbage til det land, han lovede Abraham, Isak og Jakob.” 25 Så fik Josef sine brødre til at sværge på, at de ville opfylde hans sidste ønske: „Når Gud leder jer tilbage til Kana’an, så skal I tage mit lig med.” 26 Derefter døde Josef i en alder af 110 år. Han blev balsameret og lagt i en kiste.

King James Version

1 And Joseph fell upon his father' face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father' house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 And when Joseph' brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father' house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim' children of the third generation : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph' knees. 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.