de Biblica1José lançou-se sobre o rosto do pai e chorou sobre ele, beijando-o.2Depois ordenou aos criados que mandassem embalsamar o corpo, o que foi feito pelos especialistas.3O processo de embalsamento levou 40 dias e o luto nacional durou 70 dias.4Passado esse período José foi ter com a corte do Faraó e disse-lhes que intercedessem junto do rei a favor dele: “Digam ao Faraó5que o meu pai me fez jurar que levaria o seu corpo para a terra de Canaã para lá o sepultar. Digam-lhe que prometo regressar sem demora.”6O Faraó concordou: “Vai e sepulta o teu pai tal como ele te pediu.”7José foi e acompanharam-no o conjunto dos conselheiros do Faraó, assim como os seus assistentes e todos os anciãos da terra.8Além deles foi também toda a família de José, assim como os seus irmãos e as respetivas famílias, deixando ficar apenas os meninos, os rebanhos e o gado, na terra de Gosen.9Constituiu-se dessa forma um desfile extremamente concorrido, com carros e cavaleiros.10Quando chegaram à Eira do Espinhal, do outro lado do Jordão, fizeram um grande e solene funeral com um período de sete dias de pesar pelo pai de José.11A gente daquela terra, os cananeus, vendo aquilo chamaram ao sítio Abel-Mizraim (luto dos egípcios), porque diziam: “Isto deve ter sido um grande luto e uma grande perda para os egípcios!”12Assim fizeram os filhos de Israel conforme lhes tinha ordenado;13levaram o corpo para a terra de Canaã, sepultaram-no na gruta de Macpela que Abraão tinha comprado, com o campo em que se encontrava, a Efrom, o hitita, em frente de Mamre.14Depois José voltou para o Egito, assim como os irmãos e todos aqueles que os acompanharam no funeral do pai.15Contudo, agora que este falecera, os irmãos de José começaram a sentir receio: “A partir de agora”, diziam entre si, “José é capaz de querer vingar-se do mal que lhe fizemos.”16Por isso, mandaram-lhe uma mensagem: “O teu pai antes de morrer deixou instruções17pedindo-te que perdoasses aos teus irmãos as transgressões e o pecado que cometeram. Nós, que servimos o Deus do teu pai, rogamos-te pois que nos perdoes.” Quando José tomou conhecimento disto que lhe mandaram dizer não se conteve e chorou.18Mais tarde, vieram os irmãos, que se inclinaram diante dele e disseram: “Somos teus servos.”19Mas José respondeu: “Não tenham receio de mim. Sou eu Deus para poder julgar e castigar-vos?20A verdade é que aquilo que vocês reconhecem como o mal que me fizeram, Deus o mudou em bem, e me elevou até este alto cargo que agora ocupo, de forma a salvar a vida de muita gente.21Não, não tenham medo. Podem estar certos de que tomarei conta de vocês e das vossas famílias.” E assim lhes falou afetuosamente, retransmitindo-lhes confiança.
A morte de José
22José, os irmãos e suas respetivas famílias continuaram a viver no Egito. José tinha 110 anos quando morreu.23Mas viveu o bastante para poder ver os filhos do seu filho Efraim e os filhos de Maquir, que era filho de Manassés, os quais teve a alegria de colocar nos seus joelhos.24“Vou morrer em breve”, disse José aos irmãos, “mas Deus virá com certeza buscar-vos para vos tirar desta terra do Egito e vos levar para aquela que prometeu a Abraão, a Isaque e a Jacob.”25E fez com que os irmãos lhe prometessem solenemente, com juramento, que levariam o seu corpo para Canaã.26Assim morreu José com 110 anos. Embalsamaram-no e puseram-no num caixão, 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)