50Then Joseph embraced his father, cried over him, and kissed him.H3130H5307H1H6440H1058H54012Then he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.H3130H6680H5650H7495H2590H1H7495H2590H34783It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.H705H3117H4390H4390H3117H2590H4714H1058H7657H31174At the conclusion of the mourning period, Joseph addressed Pharaoh's household. "If you're satisfied with me, please take this message to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,H3117H1068H5674H3130H1696H1004H6547H559H4672H2580H5869H1696H241H6547H5595'My father said to me, "Look! I'm about to die. Bury me in my grave that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan." So please let me travel to bury my father. I'll be right back.'"H1H7650H559H2009H4191H6913H3738H776H3667H6912H5927H6912H1H77256"Please go," Pharaoh replied. "Bury your father, as he asked you to do."H6547H559H5927H6912H1H76507So Joseph got up and went to bury his father, accompanied by all of Pharaoh's servants, all of the elders of Egypt,H3130H5927H6912H1H5927H5650H6547H2205H1004H2205H776H47148all of Joseph's household, his brothers, and his father's household. They left behind in the territory of Goshen only their youngest children, their flocks, and their herds.H1004H3130H251H1H1004H2945H6629H1241H5800H776H16579Chariots and horsemen also accompanied him, so there was a very large companyH5927H7393H6571H3966H3515H426410When they arrived at Atad's threshing floor, which is located beyond the Jordan River, they held a great and mournful memorial service, during which he spent seven days in mourning for his father.H935H1637H329H5676H3383H5594H1419H3966H3515H4553H6213H60H1H7651H311711As soon as the Canaanites who lived in the land observed the mourning going on at Atad's threshing floor, they commented "This is a significant time of mourning for the Egyptians." That's why the place, which is located beyond the Jordan River, became known as Abel-Mitzraim.H3427H776H3669H7200H60H1637H329H559H3515H60H4714H8034H7121H67H5676H338312And so Israel's sons did what he had instructed them to do:H1121H6213H668013his sons carried him to the territory of Canaan and buried him in the cave in Machpelah field near Mamre that Abraham had purchased as a cemetery from Ephron the Hittite.H1121H5375H776H3667H6912H4631H7704H4375H85H7069H7704H272H6913H6085H2850H6440H447114After he had buried his father, Joseph and his brothers returned to Egypt, along with everyone who had gone with him to attend the burial.13H3130H7725H4714H251H5927H6912H1H310H6912H115Later, after Joseph's brothers faced the reality of their father's death, they asked themselves, "What happens if Joseph decides to hold a grudge against us - What if he pays us back in full for all the wrong things we did to him?"H3130H251H7200H1H4191H559H3130H3863H7852H7725H7725H7451H158016So they sent this message to Joseph:H6680H3130H559H1H6680H6440H4194H55917"Before he died, your father left some instructions. He told us, "Tell Joseph, 'Please forgive your brothers' offenses. I beg you, forgive their sins, because they wronged you.'" So please forgive the transgression of the servants of your father's God." Joseph wept when they talk to him.H559H3130H5375H577H6588H251H2403H1580H7451H5375H6588H5650H430H1H3130H1058H169618So his brothers went to visit, fell prostrate in his presence, and declared, "Look! We're your servants."H251H3212H5307H6440H559H565019"Don't be afraid," Joseph responded. "Am I sitting in God's place -H3130H559H3372H43020As far as you're concerned, you were planning evil against me, but God intended it for good, planning to bring about the present result so that many people would be preserved alive.H2803H7451H430H2803H2896H4616H6213H3117H2421H7227H5971H242121So don't be afraid! I'll take care of you and your little ones." So Joseph kept on comforting then, speaking to the needs of their hearts.H3372H3557H2945H5162H1696H382022Joseph continued to live in Egypt, along with his father's household, until he was 110 years old.H3130H3427H4714H1H1004H3130H2421H3967H6235H814123Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's children, as well as the children who had been born to Manasseh's son Machir, whom he adopted as his own.H3130H7200H669H1121H8029H1121H4353H1121H4519H3205H3130H129024Later, Joseph told his brothers, "I'm going to die soon, but God will certainly provide for you and bring you up from this land to the land that he promised with an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."H3130H559H251H4191H430H6485H6485H5927H776H776H7650H85H3327H329025So Joseph made all of Israel's other children promise "Because God is certainly going to take care of you, you are to carry my bones up from here."H3130H7650H1121H3478H559H430H6485H6485H5927H6106H208826Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.H3130H4191H3967H6235H8141H1121H2590H3455H727H4714