(KJV) Genesis 50¹

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⥃Mourning and Burial for Jacob

[1] And Joseph fell² upon his father’s face, and wept³ upon him, and kissed him. [2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians⁴ to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed⁵ Israel. [3] And forty days⁶ were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned⁷ for him threescore⁸ and ten days. [4] And when the days⁹ of his mourning were past, Joseph¹⁰ spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace¹¹ in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, [5] My father made me¹² swear, saying, Lo, I die¹³: in my grave which I have¹⁴ digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me¹⁵. Now therefore let me go¹⁶ 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 made¹⁷ thee swear.

[7] And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him¹⁸ 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’s house: only their¹⁹ little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. [9] And there went up with him both chariots²⁰ and horsemen: and it was a very great company. [10] And they came to the threshingfloor²¹ of Atad, which [is] beyond²² Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days²³. [11] And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites²⁴, 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 Abel–mizraim²⁵, which [is] beyond Jordan²⁶. [12] And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:²⁷ [13] For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave²⁸ of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place 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.

⥃Joseph Comforts His Brothers

[15] And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father²⁹ was dead, they said, Joseph³⁰ will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. [16] And they sent³¹ a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, [17] So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive³², I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did³³ unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants³⁴ of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept³⁵ when they spake unto him. [18] And his brethren also went and fell³⁶ down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants. [19] And Joseph said unto them, Fear not³⁷: for [am] I³⁸ in the place of God? [20] But as for you, ye thought³⁹ evil against me; [but] God meant⁴⁰ 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 nourish⁴¹ you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them⁴².

⥃The Death of Joseph

[22] And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred⁴³ and ten years. [23] And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third [generation]: the children⁴⁴ also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up⁴⁵ upon Joseph’s⁴⁶ knees. [24] And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die⁴⁷: and God will surely visit you⁴⁸, and bring you out⁴⁹ of this land unto the land which he sware⁵⁰ to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. [25] And Joseph took an⁵¹ oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye⁵² shall carry up my bones from hence. [26] So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old⁵³: and they embalmed⁵⁴ him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.