de Biblica1José atirou-se sobre seu pai, chorou sobre ele e o beijou.2Em seguida, deu ordens aos médicos, que estavam ao seu serviço, que embalsamassem seu pai Israel. E eles o embalsamaram.3Levaram quarenta dias completos, pois esse era o tempo para o embalsamamento. E os egípcios choraram sua morte setenta dias.4Passados os dias de luto, José disse à corte do faraó: “Se posso contar com a bondade de vocês, falem com o faraó em meu favor. Digam-lhe que5meu pai fez-me prestar-lhe o seguinte juramento: ‘Estou à beira da morte; sepulte-me no túmulo que preparei para mim na terra de Canaã’. Agora, pois, peçam-lhe que me permita partir e sepultar meu pai; logo depois voltarei”.6Respondeu o faraó: “Vá e faça o sepultamento de seu pai como este o fez jurar”.7Então José partiu para sepultar seu pai. Com ele foram todos os conselheiros do faraó, as autoridades da sua corte e todas as autoridades do Egito,8e, além deles, todos os da família de José, os seus irmãos e todos os da casa de seu pai. Somente as crianças, as ovelhas e os bois foram deixados em Gósen.9Carruagens e cavaleiros[1] também o acompanharam. A comitiva era imensa.10Chegando à eira de Atade, perto do Jordão, lamentaram-se em alta voz, com grande amargura; e ali José guardou sete dias de pranto pela morte do seu pai.11Quando os cananeus que lá habitavam viram aquele pranto na eira de Atade, disseram: “Os egípcios estão celebrando uma cerimônia de luto solene”. Por essa razão, aquele lugar, próximo ao Jordão, foi chamado Abel-Mizraim.12Assim fizeram os filhos de Jacó o que este lhes havia ordenado:13Levaram-no à terra de Canaã e o sepultaram na caverna do campo de Macpela, perto de Manre, que, com o campo, Abraão tinha comprado de Efrom, o hitita, para que lhe servisse de propriedade para sepultura.14Depois de sepultar seu pai, José voltou ao Egito, com os seus irmãos e com todos os demais que o tinham acompanhado.
A Bondade de José
15Vendo os irmãos de José que seu pai havia morrido, disseram: “E se José tiver rancor contra nós e resolver retribuir todo o mal que lhe causamos?”16Então mandaram um recado a José, dizendo: “Antes de morrer, teu pai nos ordenou17que te disséssemos o seguinte: ‘Peço-lhe que perdoe os erros e pecados de seus irmãos que o trataram com tanta maldade!’ Agora, pois, perdoa os pecados dos servos do Deus do teu pai”. Quando recebeu o recado, José chorou.18Depois vieram seus irmãos, prostraram-se diante dele e disseram: “Aqui estamos. Somos teus escravos!”19José, porém, lhes disse: “Não tenham medo. Estaria eu no lugar de Deus?20Vocês planejaram o mal contra mim, mas Deus o tornou em bem, para que hoje fosse preservada a vida de muitos.21Por isso, não tenham medo. Eu sustentarei vocês e seus filhos”. E assim os tranquilizou e lhes falou amavelmente.
A Morte de José
22José permaneceu no Egito, com toda a família de seu pai. Viveu cento e dez anos23e viu a terceira geração dos filhos de Efraim. Além disso, recebeu como seus[2] os filhos de Maquir, filho de Manassés.24Antes de morrer José disse a seus irmãos: “Estou à beira da morte. Mas Deus certamente virá em auxílio de vocês e os tirará desta terra, levando-os para a terra que prometeu com juramento a Abraão, a Isaque e a Jacó”.25E José fez que os filhos de Israel lhe prestassem um juramento, dizendo-lhes: “Quando Deus intervier em favor de vocês, levem os meus ossos daqui”.26Morreu José com a idade de cento e dez anos. E, depois de embalsamado, foi colocado num sarcófago no Egito.
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de Crossway1Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. (Gn 46:4)2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. (Gn 50:26; 2 Cr 16:14; Mc 16:1; Lc 23:56; Jo 19:39)3Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. (Gn 50:10; Nm 20:29; Dt 34:8; 1 Sm 31:13; Jó 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, (Gn 33:15; Gn 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.’” (2 Cr 16:14; Is 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. (Gn 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. (Gn 50:3; 2 Sm 1:17; At 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. (Gn 23:16; Gn 49:29; At 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. (Gn 49:25)18His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” (Gn 37:7; Gn 37:10)19But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? (Gn 30:2; 2 Rs 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. (Gn 45:5; Gn 45:7)21So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. (Gn 45:11; Gn 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] (Gn 30:3; Nm 32:39; 1 Cr 7:14; Jó 42:16; Sl 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.” (Gn 15:14; Gn 15:18; Gn 26:3; Gn 28:13; Gn 35:12; Gn 46:4; Gn 48:21; Ex 3:16; Hb 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.” (Ex 13:19; Js 24:32)26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (Gn 50:2)