von Katholisches Bibelwerk1Josef fiel auf das Angesicht des Vaters, weinte über ihn und küsste ihn.2Darauf befahl Josef seinen Dienern, den Ärzten, seinen Vater einzubalsamieren. Die Ärzte balsamierten also Israel ein.3Darüber vergingen vierzig volle Tage, denn so lange dauerte die Einbalsamierung. Die Ägypter beweinten ihn siebzig Tage lang.4Als die Tage der Trauer vorüber waren, sagte Josef zu den Hofleuten des Pharao: Wenn ich euer Wohlwollen genieße, dann tragt vor den Ohren des Pharao Folgendes vor:5Mein Vater hat mich schwören lassen: Siehe, ich werde sterben; in dem Grab, das ich mir im Land Kanaan ausgehauen habe, dort begrabt mich! Jetzt also möchte ich hinaufziehen und meinen Vater begraben; dann komme ich wieder zurück.6Da sagte der Pharao: Zieh hinauf, begrabe deinen Vater, wie er dich hat schwören lassen!7Josef zog hinauf, um seinen Vater zu begraben. Mit ihm zogen alle Diener des Pharao, die Ältesten seines Hauses und alle Ältesten des Landes Ägypten,8das ganze Haus Josef, seine Brüder und das Haus seines Vaters. Nur ihre Kinder, ihre Schafe und Rinder ließen sie im Land Goschen zurück.9Mit ihm zogen auch Streitwagen sowie Pferdegespanne hinauf, sodass es ein sehr würdiger Zug wurde.10Als sie nach Goren-Atad jenseits des Jordan gekommen waren, hielten sie dort eine sehr große, würdige Totenklage; sieben Tage hielt er um seinen Vater Trauer.11Die Bewohner des Landes, die Kanaaniter, beobachteten die Trauerfeier in Goren-Atad und sagten: Eine würdige Trauerfeier ist das für die Ägypter. Darum gab man dem Ort den Namen Abel-Mizrajim - Ägyptentrauer -; er liegt jenseits des Jordan.[1]12Seine Söhne handelten an ihm so, wie er ihnen aufgetragen hatte.13Seine Söhne brachten ihn ins Land Kanaan und begruben ihn in der Höhle des Feldes von Machpela. Abraham hatte das Feld gegenüber von Mamre als eigene Grabstätte von dem Hetiter Efron erworben.
Die Aussöhnung der Brüder
14Nachdem Josef seinen Vater begraben hatte, kehrte er nach Ägypten zurück, er, seine Brüder und alle, die mit ihm hinaufgezogen waren, um seinen Vater zu begraben.15Als Josefs Brüder sahen, dass ihr Vater tot war, sagten sie: Wenn sich Josef nun feindselig gegen uns stellt und uns tatsächlich alles Böse vergilt, das wir ihm getan haben.16Deshalb ließen sie Josef wissen: Dein Vater hat uns, bevor er starb, aufgetragen:17So sagt zu Josef: Ach, vergib doch deinen Brüdern ihre Untat und Sünde, denn Schlimmes haben sie dir angetan. Nun also vergib doch die Untat der Knechte des Gottes deines Vaters! Als man ihm diese Worte überbrachte, weinte Josef.18Seine Brüder gingen dann auch selbst hin, fielen vor ihm nieder und sagten: Hier sind wir als deine Knechte.19Josef aber antwortete ihnen: Fürchtet euch nicht! Stehe ich denn an Gottes Stelle?20Ihr habt Böses gegen mich im Sinne gehabt, Gott aber hatte dabei Gutes im Sinn, um zu erreichen, was heute geschieht: viel Volk am Leben zu erhalten.21Nun also fürchtet euch nicht! Ich selbst will für euch und eure Kinder sorgen. So tröstete er sie und redete ihnen zu Herzen.22Josef blieb in Ägypten, er und das Haus seines Vaters. Josef wurde hundertzehn Jahre alt.23Er sah von Efraim noch Söhne der dritten Generation. Auch die Söhne Machirs, des Sohnes Manasses, wurden auf Josefs Knien geboren.[2]24Dann sprach Josef zu seinen Brüdern: Ich sterbe. Gott wird sich gewiss euer annehmen, er wird euch aus diesem Land heraus- und in jenes Land hinaufführen, das er Abraham, Isaak und Jakob mit einem Eid zugesichert hat.25Josef ließ die Söhne Israels schwören: Gott wird sich euer gewiss annehmen. Dann bringt meine Gebeine von hier mit hinauf!26Josef starb im Alter von hundertzehn Jahren. Man balsamierte ihn ein und legte ihn in Ägypten in einen Sarg.
1.Mose 50
English Standard Version
von Crossway1Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. (1Mo 46,4)2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. (1Mo 50,26; 2Chr 16,14; Mk 16,1; Lk 23,56; Joh 19,39; Joh 19,40)3Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. (4Mo 20,29; 5Mo 34,8; 1Sam 31,13; Hi 2,13)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, (1Mo 33,15; 1Mo 47,29)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.’” (2Chr 16,14; Jes 22,16; Mt 27,60)6And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.”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,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. (1Mo 45,10)9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.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. (1Mo 50,3; 2Sam 1,17; Apg 8,2)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;[1] it is beyond the Jordan.12Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them,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. (1Mo 23,16; 1Mo 49,29; 1Mo 49,30; Apg 7,16)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.
God’s Good Purposes
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 a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: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. (1Mo 49,25)18His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” (1Mo 37,7; 1Mo 37,10)19But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? (1Mo 30,2; 2Kön 5,7)20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[2] should be kept alive, as they are today. (1Mo 45,5; 1Mo 45,7)21So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. (1Mo 45,11; 1Mo 47,12)
The Death of Joseph
22So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years.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.[3] (1Mo 30,3; 4Mo 32,39; 1Chr 7,14; 1Chr 7,15; Hi 42,16; Ps 128,6)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.” (1Mo 15,14; 1Mo 15,18; 1Mo 26,3; 1Mo 28,13; 1Mo 35,12; 1Mo 46,4; 1Mo 48,21; 2Mo 3,16; 2Mo 3,17; Hebr 11,22)25Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” (2Mo 13,19; Jos 24,32)26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (1Mo 2,1)
1.Mose 50
King James Version
1And Joseph fell upon his father' face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.3And 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.4And 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,5My 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.6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.7And 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,8And 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.9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.10And 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.11And 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.12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:13For 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.14And 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.15And 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.16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,17So 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.18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?20But 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.21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father' house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.23And Joseph saw Ephraim' children of the third generation : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph' knees.24And 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.25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
1.Mose 50
New International Version
von Biblica1Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.2Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,3taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,5“My father made me swear an oath and said, ‘I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.” ’6Pharaoh said, ‘Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.’7So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him – the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt –8besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen.9Chariots and horsemen[1] also went up with him. It was a very large company.10When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.11When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, they said, ‘The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.’ That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[2]12So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:13they carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.14After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.
Joseph reassures his brothers
15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?’16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, ‘Your father left these instructions before he died:17“This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.” Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.’ When their message came to him, Joseph wept.18His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. ‘We are your slaves,’ they said.19But Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.21So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.’ And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
The death of Joseph
22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years23and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[3]24Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’25And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.’26So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.