Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 51

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49 -32 32 Leah. The field was bought, and the cave in it, from the sons of Heth. 33 jacob thus finished instructing his sons, and stretched out his legs upon the bed, and expired, and was added to his people. 50 Then joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept, and kissed him. ®mlm1ming mth @.u1·i¤1 uf Qawh. IO II joseph afterwards ordered his ser-

vants the physicians to embalm his father. The physicians accordingly embalmed Israel. When the forty days were completed, which the embalming occupies, then the Mitzer- ites wept for him yet forty days, and at the conclusion of the forty days of mourning, joseph addressed the court of Pharoh and said: ‘If, now, I have found favour in

your sight, speak, I request to the ears of Pharoh, and say; ‘ My father made me swear, saying,

‘When I die, bury me in the tomb which I cut out for myself in the land of Canan2’ so now,} wish to go up and bury my father, and will return} G0 up and

bury your father, as he made you ]oseph therefore went up to bury his father, and there went up with him all the ministers of Pharoh, the nobles of his court, and all the nobles of the land of the Mitzeraim, with all the family of joseph and his brothers, and the families of his father, except the children, and ex- cept the sheep and cattle which were left in the land of Goshen. There also accompanied him chariots and horsemen, making avery large army. All these marched to Goren~I-Iatar which is over the jordan} and mourned there with a great and very heavy mourning, and made a lamenta· tion for his father for seven days. And when the inhabitants of the

land of Canan saw the lamentation '1`his is a great grieving, for the Mitzerites ; ’ Mitg zers-lament? Itisbeyondthejordan.

1 This means on the West of the jordan,

and is an internal proof that Genesis was ' “ ff Thus his sons did for him as he commanded them. So they, his sons, carried him to

the land of Canan, and buried him in the cave in the field of Makphelah; which field Abraham bought to be a burial place, from Ephron the Hitite, opposite Mamra. Then joseph returned to Mitzer,

himself, and his brothers, and all who had accompanied him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. But when joseph’s brothers saw

that their father was dead, they said joseph will hate us; and will return upon us all the wrong which we heaped upon him.’ They therefore sent to joseph and

Our father commanded us before he died; ‘ Say to joseph this, forgive, I pray, your brothers’ fault and sin in the wrongs they heaped upon you! Consequently webeg of you to forgive the fault of the servants of the GOD of your father! joseph, however, wept at their address to him. Then his brothers went and fell

We are your slaves.' Fear

nothing! For I am subject to GOD. Although you set upon me for injury, GOD turned it to good, in order that I might make this nation, to give life to many peoples. Go now do not fear me. I will protect you, and Thus he comforted them and spoke to their hearts. This was after joseph returned to

Mitzeraim, he and his father’s family. And joseph lived one hundred and twenty years. And joseph saw his greabgrand-

children from Ephraim. Sons also of Makir the son of Manasseh were fondled on the knees of joseph. At last joseph said to his relatives,

‘ I shall die. However the EVER- LIVING will visit you and take you up from this country to the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to jacob} Then joseph administered an oath

When your GOD visits you, take up my Thus joseph died a hundred and twenty years old ; and they embalmed him, and placed him in a coffin in Mitzeraim. END or ran Book or Gnunsts. ¤T I2 16 18 20 21 22 26