1. Mosebog 50 – BPH & NIV

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1. Mosebog 50:1-26

1Josef kastede sig over sin døde far og græd og kyssede ham. 2Derefter gav han sine bedemænd ordre til at balsamere liget. 3Balsameringen tog 40 dage, og der var landesorg i Egypten i 10 uger.

4Da sørgetiden var forbi, henvendte Josef sig til Faraos rådgivere og bad dem tale hans sag. 5„Sig til Farao, at min far lod mig sværge på, at jeg ville opfylde hans sidste ønske,” forklarede Josef. „Min far sagde til mig, at når han var død, skulle jeg bringe hans lig tilbage til Kana’an og begrave ham i den hule, hvor hans forfædre ligger begravet. Derfor er jeg nødt til at tage af sted og begrave min far. Når det er gjort, vil jeg straks vende tilbage hertil.”

6Farao gav Josef lov til at rejse. „Tag du bare af sted og begrav din far, som du har lovet,” sagde han.

7Så tog Josef af sted med et større følge af Faraos rådgivere og højtstående embedsmænd. 8Han tog også sine brødre og deres familier med. Men de lod deres mindre børn og fåre- og kvægflokke blive tilbage i Goshens land. 9Det var således et større følge af vogne og ryttere, som ledsagede Josef.

10Da de kom til tærskepladsen ved Atad nær ved Jordanfloden, holdt de en højtidelig sørgeceremoni, hvor de begræd Josefs far i syv dage. 11Senere kaldte de lokale indbyggere, kana’anæerne, det sted Abel-Mitzrajim,50,11 Det betyder: „egypternes sorg”. for de sagde: „På dette sted holdt egypterne dyb sorg!” 12Således gjorde Jakobs sønner, som deres far havde befalet dem: 13De bragte hans lig ind i Kana’ans land og begravede ham i hulen ved Makpela, som Abraham havde købt for at bruge den til familiegravsted. 14Derefter vendte Josef tilbage til Egypten sammen med sine brødre og alle dem, som var fulgt med ham til hans fars begravelse.

Fuld forsoning mellem Josef og hans brødre

15Efter at deres far var død, blev Josefs brødre ængstelige. „Måske bærer Josef nag og vil hævne sig på os for alt det onde, vi har gjort imod ham,” sagde de til hinanden. 16-17Derfor sendte de følgende budskab til Josef: „Før sin død pålagde din far os at give dig følgende besked fra ham: ‚Tilgiv dine brødre for alt det onde, de har gjort imod dig.’ Derfor beder vi, som er din fars Guds tjenere, om du vil tilgive os!” Da Josef hørte de ord, brød han sammen og græd.

18Derefter kom hans brødre personligt til ham og bøjede sig for ham. „Vi er dine slaver,” sagde de.

19Men Josef svarede: „I skal ikke være bange for mig. Er jeg måske Gud, så jeg skulle dømme og straffe jer? 20Selvom jeres hensigter var onde, ved jeg, at Guds hensigt var at vende det til noget godt, for han gav mig den position, jeg har i dag, så jeg kunne redde mange menneskers liv. 21Nej, I må ikke være bange. Jeg vil personligt tage mig af jer og jeres familier.” Han forsøgte på alle måder at berolige og opmuntre dem med venlige ord.

Josefs død

22Josef og hans brødre og deres familier blev boende i Egypten. Josef var efterhånden blevet 110 år gammel, 23og han nåede at se sin søn Efraims børnebørn og Manasses søn Makirs børn. Han betragtede sine børnebørn som sine egne.

24„Jeg skal snart dø,” sagde Josef til sine brødre, „men Gud vil helt sikkert føre jer ud af Egypten og bringe jer tilbage til det land, han lovede Abraham, Isak og Jakob.” 25Så fik Josef sine brødre til at sværge på, at de ville opfylde hans sidste ønske: „Når Gud leder jer tilbage til Kana’an, så skal I tage mit lig med.”

26Derefter døde Josef i en alder af 110 år. Han blev balsameret og lagt i en kiste.

New International Version

Genesis 50:1-26

1Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. 2Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, 3taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4When 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, 5‘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.’ ”

6Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

7So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt— 8besides all the members of Joseph’s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father’s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen. 9Chariots and horsemen50:9 Or charioteers also went up with him. It was a very large company.

10When 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. 11When 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.50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.

12So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them: 13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 14After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

15When 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?” 16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: 17‘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.

18His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.

19But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.

The Death of Joseph

22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years 23and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.50:23 That is, were counted as his

24Then 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.” 25And 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.”

26So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.