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Book of Genesis 65

22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and Chapter 50
comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro
upon the wall; And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his fa-
23 But they that held darts, provoked him, ther’s face, weeping and kissing him.
and quarrelled with him, and envied him. 2 And he commanded his servants, the physi-
24 His bow rested upon the strong, and the cians, to embalm his father.
bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by 3 And while they were fulfilling his commands,
the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he there passed forty days: for this was the man-
came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel. ner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt
25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper, mourned for him seventy days.
and the Almighty shall bless thee with the bless- 4 And the time of the mourning being expired,
ings of heaven above, with the blessings of the Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have
deep that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of
breasts and of the womb. Pharao:
26 The blessings of thy father are strength- 5 For my father made me swear to him, saying:
ened with the blessings of his fathers: until the Behold I die; thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre
desire of the everlasting hills should come: may which I have digged for myself in the land of
they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father,
crown of the Nazarite among his brethren. and return.
27 Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning 6 And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury
shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide thy father according as he made thee swear.
the spoil. 7 So he went up, and there went with him all
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: the ancients of Pharao’s house, and all the elders
these things their father spoke to them, and he of the land of Egypt.
blessed every one with their proper blessings. 8 And the house of Joseph with his brethren,
29 And he charged them, saying: I am now except their children, and their flocks and herds,
going to be gathered to my people: bury me with which they left in the land of Gessen.
my fathers in the double cave, which is in the 9 He had also in his train chariots and horse-
field of Ephron the Hethite, men: and it was a great company.
30 Over against Mambre, in the land of 10 And they came to the threshing floor
Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan:
the field, of Ephron the Hethite, for a possession where celebrating the exequies with a great and
to bury in. vehement lamentation, they spent full seven
31 There they buried him, and Sara his wife: days.
there was Isaac buried with Rebecca, his wife: 11 And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw
there also Lia doth lie buried. this, they said: This is a great mourning to the
32 And when he had ended the command- Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place
ments, wherewith he instructed his sons, he drew was called, The mourning of Egypt.
up his feet upon the bed, and died: and he was 12 So the sons of Jacob did as he had com-
gathered to his people. manded them.