The Washington herald., 1919-12-28

l Inc mourning Tor Jacob. Joseph sctteth
leave Of Pharaoh 10 go TO bury him. :
The funeral. Is Joseph oomfOsteth his treth-
ren. who I1Ved his Iardon. = His ase. y
lie seth the third generation Of his sons.
q He HEophesieth unto his brethren Of their
return 5 He taketh an oath Of them fOf
his bones Is BE dieth. and is chested.
And Joseph fell upon his fathers
face. and wept upon him, and kissed
him.
And Joseph commanded his
servants the physicians to embslm
his father: and the physicians en-
balmed Israel.
And forty days were fulflled
for him: for so are fulfilled the days
OF those which are embalmed: and
the Egyptians mourned for HIM
threescore and ten days.
4 And when the days of his
mourning were past. Joseph spake
unto the house of Pharaoh. saying.
IL now l have found grace in your
eyes. speak, l pray you. in the ears
of Pharaoh. saying.
My father made me swear. say
ing. Lo. ] die: in my grave which
] have digged for me in the lana
of Cansan, there shalt thou bury
me. Now there fore let ne go up,
pray thee. and bury my father.
and I will come again.
And Pharaoh said. Go up. and
bury thy father, according as he
made thee swear.
And Joseph went up to bury
his father: and with him went up
all the servants of Pharaoh. the
elders OF his house. and all the
elders OF, the land of Egypt.
And all the house of Joseph,
and his brethren. and his fathers
house: only their little ones. and
their rocks. and their herds. they
left in the land of Goshen.
And there went up with him
both chariots and horsemen: and
II was very great company.
10 And they came to the Ihre>h-
inEfIoor of Atad. which is beyond
Jordan; and there they mourned
with a great and very sore Iamenta-
ton: and he made a mourning for
his father seven days
II And when the inhabitants of
the land, the Canaauitrs. saw the
mourning in the floor OF Atad. they
said This is a SrieNuus mourning to
the Egyptians: wherefore the name
OF it was called Abel -mizraim, which
is beyond Jordan.
II And his sons did unto him
according as he comman ded them:
IS For his sons carried him into
the land OF Canaan, and buried him
in the cave of the field of MachpeIah.
which Abraham bought with the
field for a possession Of a buryinS-
place Of Ephron the Hittite. before
Mamrc.
II And Joseph returned into
Egypt. he, and his brethren. and all
that went up with him To bury his
father. after he had buried his
father.
Is And when Joseph's brethren
saw that their father was dead, they
said. Joseph will peradvcnturc hate
us. and will certainly requitc US all
tn" evil which We did unto him.
l6 And they sent a messenger
unto Joseph. saying. Thy father did
command before he died, saving,
IL So shall We say unto Joscrn,
Forgive. | pray thee now. the tres
pass'of thy brethren, and their sin:
for they did unto thee evil: and now
We pray thee. forgive the trespass
of the servants of the God of thy
father. And Joseph wept when they
spakc unto him.
IS And his brethren also went
and fell down before his face: and
they said. Behold. we he thy scrv-
ants.
10 And Joseph said uIrto them
Fear not: for am I in the place Of
God?
20 But as for you. We thought
evil against me; but God meant IL
unto good, to bring to pass. AZ il
is this day. 10 save much people
alive.
81 Now therefore fear We not:
will nourish you. and your little
ones. And he comforted them. aud
spake kindly unto them.
% Z And Joseph dweIt IN Egypt
lie, and his fathers house: and
Joseph lived a hundred and ten
years.
90 And Joseph saw Ephraim',
children OF the third gene Grafton: the
children also of Machir the son OF
Manasseh were brought I'D upon
Joseph's knees.
"a And Joseph said unto his
brethren, ] die; and God will surely
visit you, and bring you out Of this
land unto the land which he sware
to Abraham. to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25 And Joseph took an oath OF
the children Of Israel. saying, God
will surely visit you. and We shall
carry up. my bones from hence.
&c So Joseph died. being a hum
dred and ten years old: and, the,
him, and he was put in a
CONN In Egypt.
Go Be continued.),