창세기(Genesis) 50장

 

 

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1. Joseph threw himself upon his father

and wept over him and kissed him.

 

2. Then Joseph directed the physicians

in his service to embalm his father

Israel. So the physicians embalmed

him,

 

3. taking a full forty days, for that was

the time required for embalming. And

the Egyptians mourned for him

seventy days.

 

4. When the days of mourning had

passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's

court, "If I have found favor 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.'"

 

6. Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your

father, as he made you swear to do."

 

7. So Joseph went up to bury his father.

All Pharaoh's officials accompanied him

- -the dignitaries of his court and all

the dignitaries of Egypt-

 

8. besides 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.

 

9. Chariots and horsemen also went up

with him. It was a very large company.

 

10. When 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.

 

11. When 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.

 

12. So Jacob's sons did as he had

commanded them:

 

13. They carried him to the land of

Canaan and buried him in the cave

in the field of Machpelah, near

Mamre, which Abraham had bought

as a burial place from Ephron the

Hittite, along with the field.

 

14. After burying his father, Joseph

returned to Egypt, together with

his brothers and all the others who

had gone with him to bury his

father.

 

15. When 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?"

 

16. So 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.

 

18. His brothers then came and threw

themselves down before him. "We are

your slaves," they said.

 

19. But Joseph said to them, "Don't be

afraid. Am I in the place of God?

 

20. You intended to harm me, but God

intended it for good to accomplish

what is now being done, the saving

of many lives.

 

21. So then, don't be afraid. I will provide

for you and your children." And he

reassured them and spoke kindly to

them.

 

22. Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all

his father's family. He lived a hundred

and ten years

 

23. and saw the third generation of

Ephraim's children. Also the children

of Makir son of Manasseh were

placed at birth on Joseph's knees.

 

24. Then 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."

 

25. And Joseph made the sons of Israel

swear an oath and said, "God will surely

come to your aid, and then you must

carry my bones up from this place."

 

26. So Joseph died at the age of a

hundred and ten. And after they

embalmed him, he was placed in

a coffin in Egypt.