¹ Και επεσεν ο Ιωσηφ επι το προσωπον του πατρος αυτου και εκλαυσεν επ' αυτον και εφιλησεν αυτον.

² Και προσεταξεν ο Ιωσηφ τους δουλους αυτου τους ιατρους να βαλσαμωσωσι τον πατερα αυτου· και εβαλσαμωσαν οι ιατροι τον Ισραηλ.

³ Και συνεπληρωθησαν δι' αυτον τεσσαρακοντα ημεραι· διοτι ουτω συμπληρουνται αι ημεραι της βαλσαμωσεως· και επενθησαν αυτον οι Αιγυπτιοι εβδομηκοντα ημερας.

⁴ Αφου δε παρηλθον αι ημεραι του πενθους αυτου, ελαλησεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τον οικον του Φαραω, λεγων, Εαν τωρα ευρηκα χαριν ενωπιον σας, λαλησατε, παρακαλω, εις τα ωτα του Φαραω, λεγοντες,

⁵ Ο πατηρ μου με ωρκισε, λεγων, Ιδου, εγω αποθνησκω· εις το μνημειον μου, το οποιον εσκαψα εις εμαυτον εν γη Χανααν, εκει θελεις με θαψει· τωρα λοιπον ας αναβω, παρακαλω, και ας θαψω τον πατερα μου· και θελω επιστρεψει.

⁶ Και ειπεν ο Φαραω, Αναβηθι και θαψον τον πατερα σου καθως σε ωρκισε.

⁷ Και ανεβη ο Ιωσηφ δια να θαψη τον πατερα αυτου· και συνανεβησαν μετ' αυτου παντες οι δουλοι του Φαραω, οι πρεσβυτεροι του οικου αυτου, και παντες οι πρεσβυτεροι της γης Αιγυπτου

⁸ και πας ο οικος του Ιωσηφ και οι αδελφοι αυτου και ο οικος του πατρος αυτου· μονον τας οικογενειας αυτων και τα ποιμνια αυτων και τας αγελας αυτων αφηκαν εν τη γη Γεσεν.

⁹ Και συνανεβησαν μετ' αυτου και αμαξαι και ιππεις· ωστε εγεινε συνοδια μεγαλη σφοδρα·

¹⁰ και ηλθον εις το αλωνιον του Αταδ το περαν του Ιορδανου· και εκει εθρηνησαν θρηνον μεγαν και δυνατον σφοδρα· και εκαμεν ο Ιωσηφ δια τον πατερα αυτου πενθος επτα ημερας.

¹¹ Και ιδοντες οι κατοικοι του τοπου, οι Χαναναιοι, το πενθος εν τω αλωνιω του Αταδ, ειπον, Πενθος μεγα ειναι τουτο εις τους Αιγυπτιους· δια τουτο ωνομασθη το ονομα αυτου Αβελ-μισραιμ, το οποιον ειναι περαν του Ιορδανου.

¹² Και εκαμον εις αυτον οι υιοι αυτου καθως παρηγγειλεν εις αυτους·

¹³ και μετακομισαντες αυτον οι υιοι αυτου εις γην Χανααν, εθαψαν αυτον εν τω σπηλαιω του αγρου Μαχπελαχ, το οποιον ο Αβρααμ ηγορασε μετα του αγρου δια κτημα μνημειου παρα του Εφρων του Χετταιου κατεναντι της Μαμβρη.

¹⁴ Και αφου ο Ιωσηφ εθαψε τον πατερα αυτου, επεστρεψεν εις Αιγυπτον αυτος και οι αδελφοι αυτου και παντες οι συναναβαντες μετ' αυτου δια να θαψωσι τον πατερα αυτου.

¹⁵ Και ιδοντες οι αδελφοι του Ιωσηφ οτι απεθανεν ο πατηρ αυτων, ειπον, Ισως ο Ιωσηφ θελει μνησικακησει εις ημας και θελει μας ανταποδωσει αυστηρως παντα τα κακα οσα επραξαμεν εις αυτον.

¹⁶ Και εμηνυσαν προς τον Ιωσηφ, λεγοντες, Ο πατηρ σου προσεταξε, πριν αποθανη, λεγων,

¹⁷ Ουτω θελετε ειπει προς τον Ιωσηφ· Συγχωρησον, παρακαλω, την αδικιαν των αδελφων σου και την αμαρτιαν αυτων· διοτι επραξαν κακον εις σε· τωρα λοιπον συγχωρησον, παρακαλουμεν, την αδικιαν των δουλων του Θεου του πατρος σου. Και εκλαυσεν ο Ιωσηφ οτε ελαλησαν προς αυτον.

¹⁸ Υπηγαν δε και οι αδελφοι αυτου και πεσοντες εμπροσθεν αυτου, ειπον, Ιδου, ημεις ειμεθα δουλοι σου.

¹⁹ Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Ιωσηφ, Μη φοβεισθε· μηπως αντι Θεου ειμαι εγω;

²⁰ σεις μεν εβουλευθητε κακον εναντιον μου· ο δε Θεος εβουλευθη να μεταστρεψη τουτο εις καλον, δια να γεινη καθως την σημερον, ωστε να σωση την ζωην πολλου λαου·

²¹ τωρα λοιπον μη φοβεισθε· εγω θελω θρεψει εσας και τας οικογενειας σας. Και παρηγορησεν αυτους και ελαλησε κατα την καρδιαν αυτων.

²² Και κατωκησεν ο Ιωσηφ εν Αιγυπτω, αυτος και ο οικος του πατρος αυτου· και εζησεν ο Ιωσηφ εκατον δεκα ετη.

²³ Και ειδεν ο Ιωσηφ τεκνα του Εφραιμ, εως τριτης γενεας· και τα παιδια του Μαχειρ, υιου του Μανασση, επι των γονατων του Ιωσηφ εγεννηθησαν.

²⁴ Και ειπεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τους αδελφους αυτου, Εγω αποθνησκω· ο δε Θεος θελει βεβαιως σας επισκεφθη και θελει σας αναβιβασει εκ της γης ταυτης εις την γην, την οποιαν ωμοσε προς τον Αβρααμ, προς τον Ισαακ και προς τον Ιακωβ.

²⁵ Και ωρκισεν ο Ιωσηφ τους υιους Ισραηλ, λεγων, Ο Θεος βεβαιως θελει σας επισκεφθη και θελετε αναβιβασει τα οστα μου εντευθεν.

²⁶ Και ετελευτησεν ο Ιωσηφ εν ηλικια ετων εκατον δεκα· και εβαλσαμωσαν αυτον· και ετεθη εις θηκην εν τη Αιγυπτω.

¹ Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

² Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

³ "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

⁴ Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

⁵ "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

⁶ My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

⁷ Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

⁸ "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.

⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

¹¹ Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

¹² His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

¹³ "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

¹⁴ "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

¹⁵ He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

¹⁶ "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷ Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸ I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

¹⁹ "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

²⁰ "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

²¹ "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

²² "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

²³ The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

²⁴ But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

²⁵ even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

²⁶ The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."

²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.

²⁹ He instructed them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

³⁰ in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.

³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

³² the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."

³³ When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.