And fortydayswerefulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of thosewhich are embalmed: and the Egyptiansmourned for him threescore and ten days.
And when the days of his mourningwerepast, Josephspakeunto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I havefoundgrace in youreyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
My fathermade me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my gravewhich I havedigged for me in the land of Canaan, thereshaltthoubury me. Now therefore let me go up, I praythee, and bury my father, and I willcomeagain.
And Josephwent up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’shouse: onlytheirlittleones, and theirflocks, and theirherds, theyleft in the land of Goshen.
And theycame to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyondJordan, and theretheymournedwith a great and verysorelamentation: and he made a mourning for his fathersevendays.
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, theysaid, This is a grievousmourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was calledAbelmizraim, which is beyondJordan.
For his sonscarried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, whichAbrahamboughtwith the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, beforeMamre.
And whenJoseph’sbrethren saw thattheirfather was dead, theysaid, Josephwillperadventurehate us, and willcertainlyrequite us all the evilwhich we did unto him.
So shall ye say untoJoseph, Forgive, I praythee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did untotheeevil: and now, we praythee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Josephweptwhentheyspakeunto him.
And Josephsaidunto his brethren, I die: and God willsurelyvisit you, and bring you out of thislandunto the landwhich he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.