Mourning and Burial for Jacob
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him. Gen 46:41Th 4:132Ki 13:14Act 8:2Deu 6:7-8Eph 6:4Gen 23:2Jhn 11:35-38
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him, 2Ch 16:14Gen 50:26Jhn 19:39-40Mrk 16:1Mat 26:12Jhn 12:7Luk 24:1Mrk 14:8 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. Deu 34:8Num 20:29Deu 21:13Gen 50:10
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that Est 4:2Gen 18:3 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.” 2Ch 16:14Isa 22:16Mat 27:60Gen 47:29-311Sa 14:43Deu 4:22Ecc 12:5Ecc 12:7
Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.” Gen 48:21
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt— Gen 14:16 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen. Exo 10:26Exo 10:8-9Num 32:24-27
Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession. 2Ki 18:24Act 8:2Exo 14:17Exo 14:28Exo 14:7Gen 41:43Gen 46:29Sng 1:9 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days. Act 8:2Job 2:132Sa 1:171Sa 31:13Deu 1:1Deu 34:8Gen 50:11Gen 50:4
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim. 1 Gen 10:15-19Gen 24:61Sa 6:18Deu 11:30Deu 3:25Deu 3:27Gen 13:7Gen 34:30
So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them. Act 7:16Gen 49:29-32Eph 6:1Exo 20:12Gen 47:29-31 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. Act 7:16Gen 23:16-18Gen 49:29-312Ki 21:18Gen 23:20Gen 25:9Gen 35:27Gen 35:29
After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
Joseph Comforts His Brothers
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” Pro 28:1Gen 27:41-42Gen 42:21-22Job 15:21-22Lev 26:36Psa 14:5Psa 53:5Gen 37:28
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, Pro 29:25 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Eph 4:32Mat 6:14-15Gen 45:4-5Gen 45:8Gen 49:25Luk 17:3-4Pro 28:13Psa 21:11
When their message came to him, Joseph wept. His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!” Gen 37:7-11Gen 27:29Gen 42:6Gen 44:14Gen 45:3
But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? Rom 12:19Gen 30:2Gen 45:52Ki 5:7Heb 10:30Deu 32:35Job 34:19-29Mat 14:27 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people. Rom 8:28Psa 119:71Gen 45:5-8Gen 37:18-20Act 2:23Psa 105:16-17Act 3:13-15Act 3:26 Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them. Gen 47:121Pe 3:9Gen 45:10-111Th 5:15Isa 40:2Mat 5:44Mat 6:14Rom 12:20-21
The Death of Joseph
Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110. He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up 2on Joseph’s knees. Num 32:39Gen 30:3Job 42:16Gen 48:19Jos 17:1Num 32:33Psa 128:6Gen 49:12
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Exo 3:16-17Gen 26:3Gen 35:12Gen 28:13Gen 46:4Gen 48:21Gen 13:17Gen 15:18 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.” Jos 24:32Exo 13:19Act 7:16Gen 47:29-31Heb 11:22Gen 50:5
So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt. Gen 47:28Gen 47:9Gen 50:2-3Gen 50:22Jos 24:29