A   And Ioseph commaunded his seruauntes that were Phisicions, to enbawme his father, and the Phisici&obar;s enbawmed Israel .xl. daies longe, for so long doth the embawmyng last ∧ the Egypcians bewepte him .lxx. dayes.

And when the dayes of wepyng were ended, Ioseph spake vnto the house of Pharao sayinge. If I haue founde fauoure in youre eyes, speake vnto Pharao and tell him, how that my father made me swere and sayd: loo, I dye, se that thou ^note burye me in my graue B   whych I haue made me in the lande of Canaan. Now therfore let me go and burye my father, and than wyll I come agayne. And Pharao sayd, goo and bury thy father, acordyng as he made the swere.

And Ioseph went vp to bury his father, and with him went al the serua&ubar;tes of Pharao that were the elders of his house, and al the elders of Egypte, and al the house of Ioseph and hys brethren ∧ hys fathers house: only their chyldren and their shepe and their catell lefte they behynde them in the land of Gosan. And there went wyth hym also Charettes and horsemen: so that they were an exceadyng great company.

And when they came to the felde of Atad beyonde Iordane, there they made great ∧ exceadyng sore lam&ebar;taci&obar;. And he ^note mourned for his father .vij. daies. When þe; enhabiters of the land of the Cananytes sawe the mournyng in the feld of Atad, they sayd: this is a great mournynge whiche the Egypcians make. Wherfore the name of þe; place is called Abel mizraim, which place lyeth beyond Iordane. And his sonnes dyd vnto him acordyng as he had commaunded them.

And his sonnes caryed him in to the ^note land of Canaan ∧ buryed him in the double caue which Abraham had ^note bought wyth the felde to be a place to burye in, C   of Ephron the Hethite before Mamre. And Ioseph returned to Egypte agayne and hys brethren, and all that went vp wyth hym to burye hys father, assoue as he had buryed hym.

When Iosephs brethren sawe that their father was deade, they sayd: Ioseph myghte fortune to hate vs and ^note rewarde vs agayne al the euel which we did vnto him. They did therfore a c&obar;mandem&ebar;t vnto Ioseph saying: thy father charged vs before his deth saying. This wyse say vnto Ioseph, forgeue I pray the the trespace of thy brethren ∧ their synne for they rewarded the euell. Nowe therfore we pray the, forgeue the trespace of the seruauntes of thy fathers God. And Ioseph wepte when they spake vnto him.

And his brethren came and fel before hym and sayd: beholde we be thy seruauntes. D   And Ioseph sayde vnto them ^note feare not, for am not I vnder god? Ye thoughte euel vnto me, but God turned it vnto good to brynge to passe, as it is thys daye, euen to saue moche people a lyue. Feare not therfore, for I wyll care for you and for youre chyldren, and he spake kyndly vnto them.

Ioseph dwelt in Egypte and hys fathers house also, and liued an hundred and .x. yere. And Ioseph sawe ^note Ephraims chyldren, eu&ebar; vnto the thyrde generacion. And vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses were chyldren borne, and sat on Iosephes knees.

And Ioseph sayd vnto his brethr&ebar;: I dye: And God wyl suerlye05Q0110 vyset you ∧ brynge you out of thys lande, vnto the lande whych he sware vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob. And Ioseph toke an ooth of the chyldren of Israel and sayd: God wyl not fayle but vpset you: se therfore that ye cary my ^note boones hence. And so Ioseph dyed, when he was an hundred ∧ .x. yere olde. And they enbawmed him ∧ put him in a chest in Egypte.

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