1.Mose 50 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
1Josef kastede sig over sin døde far og græd og kyssede ham.2Derefter gav han sine bedemænd ordre til at balsamere liget.3Balsameringen tog 40 dage, og der var landesorg i Egypten i 10 uger.4Da 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.”6Farao gav Josef lov til at rejse. „Tag du bare af sted og begrav din far, som du har lovet,” sagde han.7Så tog Josef af sted med et større følge af Faraos rådgivere og højtstående embedsmænd.8Han tog også sine brødre og deres familier med. Men de lod deres mindre børn og fåre- og kvægflokke blive tilbage i Goshens land.9Det var således et større følge af vogne og ryttere, som ledsagede Josef.10Da de kom til tærskepladsen ved Atad nær ved Jordanfloden, holdt de en højtidelig sørgeceremoni, hvor de begræd Josefs far i syv dage.11Senere kaldte de lokale indbyggere, kana’anæerne, det sted Abel-Mitzrajim,* for de sagde: „På dette sted holdt egypterne dyb sorg!”12Således gjorde Jakobs sønner, som deres far havde befalet dem:13De 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.14Derefter 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
15Efter 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.16Derfor 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.18Derefter kom hans brødre personligt til ham og bøjede sig for ham. „Vi er dine slaver,” sagde de.19Men Josef svarede: „I skal ikke være bange for mig. Er jeg måske Gud, så jeg skulle dømme og straffe jer?20Selvom 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.21Nej, 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
22Josef og hans brødre og deres familier blev boende i Egypten. Josef var efterhånden blevet 110 år gammel,23og 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.”25Så 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.”26Derefter døde Josef i en alder af 110 år. Han blev balsameret og lagt i en kiste.
English Standard Version
1Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.3Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.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,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.’”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.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.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;* 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.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.18His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.”19But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?20As 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.21So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
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.*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.”25Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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