¹Quod cernens Joseph,Joseph,ruit super faciem patris,realizing this,flensfell upon his father’s face,et deosculans eum.weeping and kissing him.

¹Quod cernens Joseph,Joseph,ruit super faciem patris,realizing this,flensfell upon his father’s face,et deosculans eum.weeping and kissing him.

²Præcepitque servis suis medicis ut aromatibus condirent patrem.And he instructed his servant physicians to embalm his father with aromatics.

²Præcepitque servis suis medicis ut aromatibus condirent patrem.And he instructed his servant physicians to embalm his father with aromatics.

³Quibus jussa explentibus,And while they were fulfilling his orders,transierunt quadraginta dies:forty days passed.iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum:For this was the method of embalming dead bodies.flevitque eum Ægyptus septuaginta diebus.And Egypt wept for him for seventy days.

³Quibus jussa explentibus,And while they were fulfilling his orders,transierunt quadraginta dies:forty days passed.iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum:For this was the method of embalming dead bodies.flevitque eum Ægyptus septuaginta diebus.And Egypt wept for him for seventy days.

⁴Et expleto planctus tempore,And when the time for mourning was fulfilled,locutus est Joseph ad familiam Pharaonis:Joseph spoke to the family of Pharaoh:Si inveni gratiam in conspectu vestro,“If I have found favor in your sight,loquimini in auribus Pharaonis:speak to the ears of Pharaoh.

⁴Et expleto planctus tempore,And when the time for mourning was fulfilled,locutus est Joseph ad familiam Pharaonis:Joseph spoke to the family of Pharaoh:Si inveni gratiam in conspectu vestro,“If I have found favor in your sight,loquimini in auribus Pharaonis:speak to the ears of Pharaoh.

⁵eo quod pater meus adjuraverit me dicens:For my father made me swear,En morior:saying:in sepulchro meo,‘See,quod fodi mihi in terra Chanaan,I am dying.sepelies me.You shall bury me in my sepulcher which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’Ascendam igitur,Therefore,et sepeliam patrem meum,I shall go up and bury my father,ac revertar.and then return.”

⁵eo quod pater meus adjuraverit me dicens:For my father made me swear,En morior:saying:in sepulchro meo,‘See,quod fodi mihi in terra Chanaan,I am dying.sepelies me.You shall bury me in my sepulcher which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’Ascendam igitur,Therefore,et sepeliam patrem meum,I shall go up and bury my father,ac revertar.and then return.”

⁶Dixitque ei Pharao:And Pharaoh said to him,Ascende,“Go up and bury your father,et sepeli patrem tuum sicut adjuratus es.just as he made you swear.”

⁶Dixitque ei Pharao:And Pharaoh said to him,Ascende,“Go up and bury your father,et sepeli patrem tuum sicut adjuratus es.just as he made you swear.”

⁷Quo ascendente,So as he went up,ierunt cum eo omnes senes domus Pharaonis,all the elders of the house of Pharaoh went with him,cunctique majores natu terræ Ægypti:along with every patriarch in the land of Egypt,

⁷Quo ascendente,So as he went up,ierunt cum eo omnes senes domus Pharaonis,all the elders of the house of Pharaoh went with him,cunctique majores natu terræ Ægypti:along with every patriarch in the land of Egypt,

⁸domus Joseph cum fratribus suis,and the house of Joseph with his brothers,absque parvulis, et gregibus atque armentis,except their little ones and flocks and also the herds,quæ dereliquerant in terra Gessen.which they left behind in the land of Goshen.

⁸domus Joseph cum fratribus suis,and the house of Joseph with his brothers,absque parvulis, et gregibus atque armentis,except their little ones and flocks and also the herds,quæ dereliquerant in terra Gessen.which they left behind in the land of Goshen.

⁹Habuit quoque in comitatu currusLikewise,et equites:he had in his company chariots and horsemen.et facta est turba non modica.And it became a crowd without restraint.

⁹Habuit quoque in comitatu currusLikewise,et equites:he had in his company chariots and horsemen.et facta est turba non modica.And it became a crowd without restraint.

¹⁰Veneruntque ad Aream Atad,And they arrived at the threshing place of Atad,quæ sita est trans Jordanem:which is situated beyond the Jordan.ubi celebrantes exequias planctu magno atque vehementi impleverunt septem dies.There they spent seven full days celebrating the funeral rites with a great and vehement lamentation.

¹⁰Veneruntque ad Aream Atad,And they arrived at the threshing place of Atad,quæ sita est trans Jordanem:which is situated beyond the Jordan.ubi celebrantes exequias planctu magno atque vehementi impleverunt septem dies.There they spent seven full days celebrating the funeral rites with a great and vehement lamentation.

¹¹Quod cum vidissent habitatores terræ Chanaan,And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan had seen this,dixerunt:they said,Planctus magnus est iste Ægyptiis.“This is a great Lamentation for the Egyptians.”Et idcirco vocatum est nomen loci illius,And for this reason, the name of that place was called,Planctus Ægypti.“The Lamentation of Egypt.”

¹¹Quod cum vidissent habitatores terræ Chanaan,And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan had seen this,dixerunt:they said,Planctus magnus est iste Ægyptiis.“This is a great Lamentation for the Egyptians.”Et idcirco vocatum est nomen loci illius,And for this reason, the name of that place was called,Planctus Ægypti.“The Lamentation of Egypt.”

¹²Fecerunt ergo filii Jacob sicut præceperat eis:And so, the sons of Jacob did just as he had instructed them.

¹²Fecerunt ergo filii Jacob sicut præceperat eis:And so, the sons of Jacob did just as he had instructed them.

¹³et portantes eum in terram Chanaan,And carrying him into the land of Canaan,sepelierunt eum in spelunca duplici,they buried him in the double cave,quam emerat Abraham cum agro in possessionem sepulchri ab Ephron Hethæo,which Abraham had bought along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial,contra faciem Mambre.opposite Mamre.

¹³et portantes eum in terram Chanaan,And carrying him into the land of Canaan,sepelierunt eum in spelunca duplici,they buried him in the double cave,quam emerat Abraham cum agro in possessionem sepulchri ab Ephron Hethæo,which Abraham had bought along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial,contra faciem Mambre.opposite Mamre.

¹⁴Reversusque est Joseph in Ægyptum cum fratribus suis,And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brotherset omni comitatu,and all those of his company,sepulto patre.having buried his father.

¹⁴Reversusque est Joseph in Ægyptum cum fratribus suis,And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brotherset omni comitatu,and all those of his company,sepulto patre.having buried his father.

¹⁵Quo mortuo,Now that he was dead,timentes fratres ejus,his brothers were afraid,et mutuo colloquentes:and they said to one another:Ne forte memor sit injuriæ quam passus est,“Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he sufferedet reddat nobis omne malum quod fecimus,and requite us for all the evil that we did to him.”

¹⁵Quo mortuo,Now that he was dead,timentes fratres ejus,his brothers were afraid,et mutuo colloquentes:and they said to one another:Ne forte memor sit injuriæ quam passus est,“Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he sufferedet reddat nobis omne malum quod fecimus,and requite us for all the evil that we did to him.”

¹⁶mandaverunt ei dicentes:So they sent a message to him,Pater tuus præcepit nobis antequam moreretur,saying: “Your father instructed us before he died,

¹⁶mandaverunt ei dicentes:So they sent a message to him,Pater tuus præcepit nobis antequam moreretur,saying: “Your father instructed us before he died,

¹⁷ut hæc tibi verbis illius diceremus:that we should say these words to you from him:Obsecro ut obliviscaris sceleris fratrum tuorum,‘I beg you to forget the wickedness of your brothers,et peccati atque malitiæ quam exercuerunt in te:and the sin and malice that they practiced against you.’ Likewise,nos quoque oramus ut servis Dei patris tui dimittas iniquitatem hanc.we petition you to release the servants of the God of your father from this iniquity.”Quibus auditis flevit Joseph.Hearing this, Joseph wept.

¹⁷ut hæc tibi verbis illius diceremus:that we should say these words to you from him:Obsecro ut obliviscaris sceleris fratrum tuorum,‘I beg you to forget the wickedness of your brothers,et peccati atque malitiæ quam exercuerunt in te:and the sin and malice that they practiced against you.’ Likewise,nos quoque oramus ut servis Dei patris tui dimittas iniquitatem hanc.we petition you to release the servants of the God of your father from this iniquity.”Quibus auditis flevit Joseph.Hearing this, Joseph wept.

¹⁸Veneruntque ad eum fratres sui:And his brothers went to him.et proni adorantes in terram,And reverencing prostrate on the ground,dixerunt:they said,Servi tui sumus.“We are your servants.”

¹⁸Veneruntque ad eum fratres sui:And his brothers went to him.et proni adorantes in terram,And reverencing prostrate on the ground,dixerunt:they said,Servi tui sumus.“We are your servants.”

¹⁹Quibus ille respondit:And he answered them:Nolite timere:“Do not be afraid.num Dei possumus resistere voluntati?Are we able to resist the will of God?

¹⁹Quibus ille respondit:And he answered them:Nolite timere:“Do not be afraid.num Dei possumus resistere voluntati?Are we able to resist the will of God?

²⁰Vos cogitastis de me malum:You devised evil against me.sed Deus vertit illud in bonum,But God turned it into good,ut exaltaret me,so that he might exalt me,sicut in præsentiarum cernitis,just as you presently discern,et salvos faceret multos populos.and so that he might bring about the salvation of many peoples.

²⁰Vos cogitastis de me malum:You devised evil against me.sed Deus vertit illud in bonum,But God turned it into good,ut exaltaret me,so that he might exalt me,sicut in præsentiarum cernitis,just as you presently discern,et salvos faceret multos populos.and so that he might bring about the salvation of many peoples.

²¹Nolite timere:Do not be afraid.ego pascam vos et parvulos vestros:I will pasture you and your little ones.”consolatusque est eos,And he consoled them,et blande ac leniter est locutus.and he spoke mildly and leniently.

²¹Nolite timere:Do not be afraid.ego pascam vos et parvulos vestros:I will pasture you and your little ones.”consolatusque est eos,And he consoled them,et blande ac leniter est locutus.and he spoke mildly and leniently.

²²Et habitavit in Ægypto cum omni domo patris sui: vixitque centum decem annis.And he lived in Egypt with all his father’s house; and he survived for one hundred and ten years.Et vidit Ephraim filios usque ad tertiam generationem.And he saw the sons of Ephraim to the third generation. Likewise,Filii quoque Machir filii Manasse nati sunt in genibus Joseph.the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born onto Joseph’s knees.

²²Et habitavit in Ægypto cum omni domo patris sui: vixitque centum decem annis.And he lived in Egypt with all his father’s house; and he survived for one hundred and ten years.Et vidit Ephraim filios usque ad tertiam generationem.And he saw the sons of Ephraim to the third generation. Likewise,Filii quoque Machir filii Manasse nati sunt in genibus Joseph.the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born onto Joseph’s knees.

²³Quibus transactis,After these things happened,locutus est fratribus suis:he said to his brothers:Post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos,“God will visit you after my death,et ascendere vos faciet de terra ista ad terram quam juravit Abraham,and he will make you ascend from this land into the land which he swore to Abraham,IsaacIsaac,et Jacob.and Jacob.”

²³Quibus transactis,After these things happened,locutus est fratribus suis:he said to his brothers:Post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos,“God will visit you after my death,et ascendere vos faciet de terra ista ad terram quam juravit Abraham,and he will make you ascend from this land into the land which he swore to Abraham,IsaacIsaac,et Jacob.and Jacob.”

²⁴Cumque adjurasset eos atque dixisset:And when he had made them swear and had said,Deus visitabit vos,“God will visit you;asportate ossa mea vobiscum de loco isto:carry my bones with you from this place,”

²⁴Cumque adjurasset eos atque dixisset:And when he had made them swear and had said,Deus visitabit vos,“God will visit you;asportate ossa mea vobiscum de loco isto:carry my bones with you from this place,”

²⁵mortuus est,he died,expletis centum decem vitæ suæ annis.having completed one hundred and ten years of his life.Et conditus aromatibus,And having been embalmed with aromatics,repositus est in loculo in Ægypto.he was laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt.

²⁵mortuus est,he died,expletis centum decem vitæ suæ annis.having completed one hundred and ten years of his life.Et conditus aromatibus,And having been embalmed with aromatics,repositus est in loculo in Ægypto.he was laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt.