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1 Og Josef bøide sig ned over sin fars ansikt og gråt over ham og kysset ham.

2 Og Josef bød lægene som han hadde i sin tjeneste, å balsamere hans far; og lægene balsamerte Israel.

3 Firti dager gikk med hertil, for så mange dager går med til balsameringen; og egypterne gråt over ham i sytti dager.

4 Da sørgedagene over ham var til ende, talte Josef til Faraos husfolk og sa: Dersom jeg har funnet nåde for eders øine, så tal for mig til Farao og si:

5 Min far tok en ed av mig og sa: Jeg dør; i min grav som jeg lot grave for mig i Kana'ans land, der skal du begrave mig. La mig derfor få dra op og begrave min far og så vende tilbake!

6 Og Farao sa: Dra op og begrav din far, således som du tilsvor ham.

7 Så drog Josef op for å begrave sin far; og alle Faraos tjenere, de eldste i hans hus, og alle de eldste i Egyptens land drog op med ham,

8 og hele Josefs hus og hans brødre og hans fars hus; bare sine små barn og sitt småfe og storfe lot de bli tilbake i landet Gosen.

9 Og både vogner og hestfolk drog op med ham, så det blev et meget stort tog.

10 Da de kom til Goren-Ha'atad på hin side Jordan, holdt de der en stor og høitidelig sørgefest, og han gjorde likferd efter sin far i syv dager.

11 Og da landets innbyggere, kana'anittene, så likferden i Goren-Ha'atad, sa de: Det er en prektig likferd egypterne holder der. Derfor kalte de stedet Abel Misra'im*; det ligger på hin side Jordan. / {* egypternes sørgemark.}

12 Og hans sønner gjorde med ham således som han hadde pålagt dem;

13 hans sønner førte ham til Kana'ans land og begravde ham i hulen på Makpela-marken, den mark som Abraham hadde kjøpt av hetitten Efron til eiendoms-gravsted, østenfor Mamre.

14 Og da Josef hadde begravet sin far, vendte han tilbake til Egypten, både han og hans brødre og alle de som hadde draget op med ham for å begrave hans far.

15 Da Josefs brødre så at deres far var død, sa de: Bare nu ikke Josef vil hate oss og gjengjelde oss alt det onde vi gjorde mot ham!

16 Så sendte de bud til Josef og lot si: Din far gav oss før sin død dette pålegg:

17 Så skal I si til Josef: Tilgi, kjære, dine brødres misgjerning og deres synd, at de har gjort ille mot dig! Så tilgi nu oss, som også tjener din fars Gud, vår misgjerning! Og Josef gråt da de talte således til ham.

18 Siden kom også hans brødre selv og falt ned for ham og sa: Se, vi vil være dine tjenere.

19 Da sa Josef til dem: Vær ikke redde; er vel jeg i Guds sted?

20 I tenkte ondt mot mig; men Gud tenkte det til det gode for å gjøre det han nu har gjort, og holde meget folk i live.

21 Så vær da ikke redde, jeg vil sørge for eder og eders barn. Og han trøstet dem og talte vennlig til dem.

22 Josef blev boende i Egypten, både han og hans fars hus; og Josef blev hundre og ti år gammel.

23 Og Josef fikk se Efra'ims barn i tredje ledd; også barna til Makir, Manasses sønn, blev fødtJosefs knær*. / {* d.e. født mens han ennu levde, så han kunde ta dem på sine knær.}

24 Og Josef sa til sine brødre: Jeg dør, men Gud skal visselig se til eder og føre eder op fra dette land til det land han har tilsvoret Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

25 Og Josef tok en ed av Israels sønner og sa: Gud skal visselig se til eder, og da skal I føre mine ben op herfra.

26 Og Josef døde, hundre og ti år gammel; og de balsamerte ham og la ham i kiste i Egypten.

   

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6524. 'The elders of his house' means the things that would accord with good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus things that accord with good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'house' as good, dealt with in 2559, 3652, 3720, 4982. The reason why 'elders' means the chief characteristics of wisdom is that in the Word 'old people' means those who are wise, and - in a sense detached from persons - wisdom. Since 'the twelve tribes of Israel' meant all truths and forms of good in their entirety, they had princes and also elders set over them. 'Princes' meant the leading truths constituting intelligence, and 'elders' the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus those of good.

[2] For the meaning of 'princes' as the leading truths constituting intelligence, see 1482, 2089, 5044. But as regards the meaning of 'elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, and of 'old people' as wisdom, this is evident from the following places: In David,

They will extol Jehovah in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the old they will praise Him. Psalms 107:32.

'The congregation of the people' stands for those who are ruled by truths constituting intelligence, since 'congregation' is used with reference to truths, 6355, as also is 'people', 1259, 1260, 2928, 3295, 3581; 'the assembly of the old' stands for those who are ruled by good, which belongs to wisdom since wisdom is concerned with life, thus with what is good, whereas intelligence is concerned with knowing, thus with what is true, 1555. In the same author,

I am wiser than the old, because I have kept Your commands. Psalms 119:100.

'The old' plainly stands for one who is wise. Likewise in Job,

In the old there is wisdom, in length of days intelligence. Job 12:12.

In Moses,

You shall rise before grey hair and respect the face of an old person. Leviticus 19:32.

This command was given because 'old people' represented wisdom.

[3] In John,

On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders seated, clad in white garments, who had on their heads crowns of gold. Revelation 4:4.

'Elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, thus of good. That these are meant by the elders is evident from the description of the elders - they sat on thrones, were clad in white garments, and had crowns of gold on their heads. 'Thrones' are truths constituting intelligence which are derived from good belonging to wisdom, 5313. 'White garments' has a similar meaning, 'garments' being truths, 1073, 4545, 4763, 5248, 5954, and 'white' that which has reference to truth, 3301, 5319. 'Crowns of gold on their heads' are forms of the good of wisdom; for 'gold' is the good of love, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, and 'head' is the celestial, the seat of wisdom, 4938, 4939, 5328, 6436. Those who are in the third or inmost heaven, thus who are nearest the Lord, are called the wise, whereas those in the middle or second heaven, thus who are not as near the Lord, are called intelligent.

[4] In the same book,

All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures. Revelation 7:11.

Again 'the elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, as it does in the following places: In Isaiah,

The boy will uplift himself against the old man, and the despised against the honourable. Isaiah 7:5.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders, glory. Isaiah 24:23.

In Jeremiah,

My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, for they sought food for themselves, with which they would renew their soul. Lamentations 1:19.

In the same prophet,

Her king and her princes are among the nations; the law is no more. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they become silent. Lamentations 2:9-10.

In the same prophet,

They have ravished women in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes have been hung up by their hands, the faces of the old men have not been honoured, the elders have ceased from the gate. Lamentations 5:11-12, 14.

In Ezekiel,

Misery will come upon misery, and rumour will be upon rumour. Therefore they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law has perished from the priest, and counsel from the elders. The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity. Ezekiel 7:26-27.

In Zechariah,

Old men and women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and each one with his staff in his hand because of great age. 1 Zechariah 8:4.

So that 'the elders' might represent things that constitute wisdom, some of Moses' spirit was taken and imparted to them, by which they prophesied, Numbers 11:16 and following verses.

In the contrary sense 'elders' stands for the things that are the opposites of the aspects of wisdom, Ezekiel 8:11-12.

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1. literally, for multitude of days

  
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