A   And Ioseph commaunded hys seruauntes the Phisicyons, to embawme hys father, and the Phisicyons embawmed Israel xl. dayes longe, for so l&obar;ge doth the embawmynge last, and the Egyptians bewayled hym .lxx. dayes.

And when the dayes of wepynge were ended, Ioseph spake vnto the house of Pharao sayinge: If I haue founde fauoure in youre eyes, speake in the eares of Pharao sayinge: my father made me swere ∧ sayde: loo, I dye, ^note burye me in my graue whych I haue made me in the lande of Chanaan. B    Nowe therfore let me goo and burye my father, and th&abar; wyll I come agayne. And Pharao sayde, goo and burye thy father, accordynge as he made the swere.

And Ioseph went vp to burye hys father, and with hym went all the seruauntes of Pharao that were the elders of his house, and all the elders of the lande of Egypte, ∧ all the house of Ioseph, and his brethren and hys fathers house, only theyr chyldren and their shepe and their catell lefte they behynde in þe; land of Gosan. And there went with him also Charettes and horssmen: ∧ it was an exceadynge great companye.

And they came to the corne floore of Atad whyche is beyonde Jordane, and there they made a great and exceadynge sore lamentacyon. And he ^note mourned for hys father .vij. dayes. And when the inhabiters of the lande (euen the Cananytes) sawe the mournynge in the corne floore of Atad, they sayde: thys is a greate mournynge vnto the Egyptians. Wherfore þe; name of the place is called, The mournynge of the Egyptians, and it is beyonde Iordane: And hys sonnes dyd vnto him accordynge as he had commaunded th&ebar;.

C   For hys sonnes caryed him ^note in to the lande of Canaan, and buryed him in the double caue of the felde: which caue ^note Abraham boughte, and the felde also, to be a place to burye in, of Ephron þe; Hethite before Mamre. And Ioseph returned in to Eygpte agayne, he and hys brethr&ebar; (and all that went vp with him to burye hys father,) assone as he had buryed hym.

And when Iosephs brethren sawe that their father was dead, they sayde: Ioseph myghte fortune to hate vs ∧ ^note rewarde vs agayne all the euell which we dyd vnto him. And they did a commaundement vnto Ioseph sayinge, thy father charged vs before hys deeth sayinge: Thys wyse shall ye saye vnto Ioseph, forgeue (I praye the) the trespace of thy brethr&ebar;, and theyr synne: for they rewarded þt; euell. And nowe (we praye the) forgeue the trespace of the seruauntes of thy fathers God. And Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto hym.

D   For hys brethren came vnto hym, ∧ fell flat before hys face sayinge: beholde, we be thy serua&ubar;tes. To wh&obar; Ioseph sayde ^note feare not. Am I God? Ye thought euell agaynste me: but God turned it vnto good, to brynge to passe, as it is thys daye, and to saue moch people alyue. Feare not therfore, Nowe, I wyll noryshe you, and youre chyldren, and he comforted them, ∧ spake kyndly vnto them.

Ioseph dwelt in Egypte he and hys fathers house, and Ioseph lyued an hundred and .x. yere. And Ioseph sawe ^note Ephraims chyldren, euen vnto the thyrde generacyon. And vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses were chyldren borne, on Ioseph knees.

And Ioseph sayde vnto hys brethren: I dye. And God wyll suerlye &rhand; vysett you ∧ brynge you out of this lande, vnto the lande whych he sware vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob. And Ioseph toke an ooth of the chyldren of Israel, sayinge: God wyll not fayle but vysett you: and ye shall carye my ^note boones hence. And so Ioseph dyed, when he was an h&ubar;dred ∧ .x. yere olde. And they enbawmed hym wyth spices, puttynge him in a chest in Egypte. ¶ The end of the fyrst boke of Moses: called in the Hebrue, Bereschyth, and in the Latyn, Genesis.

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