Le premier Livre de Moïse, appelé Genèse

Chapître 50

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And Joseph fell⁴ upon his father's face, and wept⁴ upon him, and kissed⁴ him.

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And Joseph commanded¹⁷ his servants the physicians⁶ to embalm² his father: and the physicians⁶ embalmed⁴ Israel.

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And forty days were fulfilled⁴ for him; for so are fulfilled⁴ the days of those which are embalmed:⁷ and the Egyptians mourned⁴ for him threescore and ten days.

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And when the days of his mourning were past,⁴ Joseph spake¹⁷ unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,² If now I have found¹ grace in your eyes, speak,¹⁶ I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,²

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My father made me swear,⁵² saying,² Lo, I die:⁵ in my grave which I have digged¹ for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury⁴ me. Now therefore let me go up,⁴ I pray thee, and bury⁴ my father, and I will come again.⁴

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And Pharaoh said,⁴ Go up,³ and bury³ thy father, according as he made thee swear.⁵²

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And Joseph went up⁴ to bury² his father: and with him went up⁴ all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left¹ in the land of Goshen.

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And there went up⁴ with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

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And they came⁴ to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned⁴ with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made⁴ a mourning for his father seven days.

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And when the inhabitants⁶ of the land, the Canaanites, saw⁴ the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said,⁴ This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called¹ Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.

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And his sons did⁴ unto him according as he commanded¹⁴ them:

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For his sons carried⁴ him into the land of Canaan, and buried⁴ him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought¹ with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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And Joseph returned⁴ into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up⁶ with him to bury² his father, after he had buried² his father.

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And when Joseph's brethren saw⁴ that their father was dead,¹ they said,⁴ Joseph will peradventure hate⁴ us, and will certainly⁵³ requite⁵⁵ us all the evil which we did¹ unto him.

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And they sent a messenger¹⁷ unto Joseph, saying,² Thy father did command¹⁴ before he died, saying,²

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So shall ye say⁴ unto Joseph, Forgive,³ I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did¹ unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive³ the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept⁴ when they spake¹⁵ unto him.

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And his brethren also went⁴ and fell down⁴ before his face; and they said,⁴ Behold, we [be] thy servants.

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And Joseph said⁴ unto them, Fear⁴ not: for [am] I in the place of God?

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But as for you, ye thought¹ evil against me; [but] God meant it¹ unto good, to bring to pass,² as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.⁵³

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Now therefore fear⁴ ye not: I will nourish⁴⁶ you, and your little ones. And he comforted¹⁷ them, and spake¹⁷ kindly unto them.

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And Joseph dwelt⁴ in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived⁴ an hundred and ten years.

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And Joseph saw⁴ Ephraim's children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up²⁷ upon Joseph's knees.

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And Joseph said⁴ unto his brethren, I die:⁵ and God will surely² visit⁴ you, and bring⁵² you out of this land unto the land which he sware⁸ to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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And Joseph took an oath⁵⁵ of the children of Israel, saying,² God will surely² visit⁴ you, and ye shall carry up⁵² my bones from hence.

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So Joseph died,⁴ [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed⁴ him, and he was put⁴ in a coffin in Egypt.