Genesis 49:33   (Read all of Genesis 49)

When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:2   (Read all of Genesis 50)

Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,

Genesis 50:3   (Read all of Genesis 50)

taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:4   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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,

Genesis 50:5   (Read all of Genesis 50)

'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.' "

Genesis 50:6   (Read all of Genesis 50)

Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do."

Genesis 50:7   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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-

Genesis 50:10   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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.

Genesis 50:11   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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.

Genesis 50:12   (Read all of Genesis 50)

So Jacob's sons did as he had commanded them:

Genesis 50:15   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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?"

Genesis 50:16   (Read all of Genesis 50)

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died:

Genesis 50:17   (Read all of Genesis 50)

'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.

Genesis 50:18   (Read all of Genesis 50)

His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your slaves," they said.

Genesis 50:19   (Read all of Genesis 50)

But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

Genesis 50:20   (Read all of Genesis 50)

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Genesis 50:21   (Read all of Genesis 50)

So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

Genesis 50:22   (Read all of Genesis 50)

Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years

Genesis 50:23   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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.

Genesis 50:24   (Read all of Genesis 50)

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."

Genesis 50:25   (Read all of Genesis 50)

And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place."

Genesis 50:26   (Read all of Genesis 50)

So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Exodus 1:1   (Read all of Exodus 1)

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

Exodus 1:2   (Read all of Exodus 1)

Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;