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the rock of Israel,
25by God, your father, who supports you,
by the Almightyg who blesses you
with blessings from the skies above
and blessings from the deep sea below,
blessings from breasts and womb.
26The blessings of your father exceed
the blessings of the eternal mountains,h
the wealth of the everlasting hills.
May they all rest on Joseph's head,
on the forehead of the one set apart from his brothers.
27Benjamin is a wolf who hunts:
in the morning he devours the prey;
in the evening he divides the plunder."
28These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them by giving each man his own particular blessing.
Jacob's death and burial
29Jacob ordered them, "I am soon to join my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave that's in the field of Ephron the Hittite;30in the cave that's in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial property. 31That is where Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, and where Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and where I buried Leah. 32It is the field and the cave in it that belonged to the Hittites."33After he finished giving orders to his sons, he put his feet up on the bed, took his last breath, and joined his people.
Genesis 50Joseph fell across his father's body, wept over him, and kissed him. 2Joseph then ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days. 4After the period of mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's household: "If you approve my request, give Pharaoh this message:5My father made me promise, telling me, 'I'm about to die. You must bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.' Now, let me leave and let me bury my father, and then I will return."
6Pharaoh replied, "Go, bury your father as you promised."
7So Joseph left to bury his father. All of Pharaoh's servants went with him, together with the elder statesmen in his household and all of the elder statesmen in the land of Egypt, 8Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household. Only the children, flocks, and cattle remained in the land of Goshen. 9Even chariots and horsemen went with him; it was a huge collection of people. 10When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan River, they observed a solemn, deeply sorrowful period of mourning. He grieved seven days for his father.
11When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw the observance of grief on Atad's threshing floor, they said, "This is a solemn observance of grief by the Egyptians." Therefore, its name is Abel-mizraim.i It is on the other side of the Jordan River. 12Israel's sons did for him just as he had ordered. 13His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hittite. 14Thenj Joseph returned to Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left with him to bury his father.
Joseph and his brothers in Egypt
15When Joseph's brothers realized that their father was now dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible things we did to him?"16So they approachedk Joseph and said, "Your father gave orders before he died, telling us,17'This is what you should say to Joseph. "Please, forgive your brothers' sins and misdeeds, for they did terrible things to you. Now, please forgive the sins of the servants of your father's God."'" Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
18His brothers weptl too, fell down in front of him, and said, "We're here as your slaves."
19But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I God?20You planned something bad for me, but God produced something good from it, in order to save the lives of many people, just as he's doing today. 21Now, don't be afraid. I will take care of you and your children." So he put them at ease and spoke reassuringly to them.
22Thus Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his father's household. Joseph lived 110 years 23and saw Ephraim's grandchildren. The children of Machir, Manasseh's son, were also born on Joseph's knees. 24Joseph said to his brothers, "I'm about to die. God will certainly take care of you and bring you out of this land to the land he promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."25Joseph made Israel's sons promise, "When God takes care of you, you must bring up my bones out of here."26Joseph died when he was 110 years old. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
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aOr In the beginning, God created
bHeb has singular him, referring to humanity.
cLXX, Sam, Syr; MT seventh
dOr from all his work, which God created to do
eOr man (Heb adam)
fHeb adam
gHeb adamah
hHeb uncertain
iOr man (Heb adam)
jOr wife (Heb ishshah)
kOr husband (Heb ish)
lHeb sounds like naked.
mOr He
nHeb lacks some fruit.
oHeb sounds like live.
pOr man (Heb adam)
qOr created; Heb sounds similar to Cain.
rLXX, Syr, Vulg, Sam; MT lacks Let's go out to the field.
sLXX, Syr, Vulg; MT therefore
tHeb lacks the ancestor of.
uSounds like the Heb verb gave
vHeb adam
wHeb resembles the sound of Noah's name.
xOr spirit
yOr the Nephilim
zHeb Noah
aOr ark of gopher wood, an unknown species of tree
bOr window
cHeb uncertain
dLXX; MT every bird, every winged thing
