Genesis 50:9-20

Genesis 50:9-20

[9] And there went up  with him both chariots  and horsemen:  and it was a very  great  company.  [10] And they came  to the threshingfloor  of Atad,  which is beyond  Jordan,  and there they mourned  with a great  and very  sore  lamentation:  and he made  a mourning  for his father  seven  days.  [11] And when the inhabitants  of the land,  the Canaanites,  saw  the mourning  in the floor  of Atad,  they said,  This is a grievous  mourning  wherefore the name of it  was called  Abelmizraim,  which is beyond  Jordan.  [12] And his sons  did  unto him according as he commanded  them: [13] For his sons  carried  him into the land  of Canaan,  and buried  him in the cave  of the field  of Machpelah,  which Abraham  bought  with the field  for a possession  of a buryingplace  of Ephron  the Hittite,  before  Mamre.  [14] 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.  [15] And when Joseph's  brethren  saw  that their father  was dead,  they said,  Joseph  will peradventure  hate us,  and will certainly  us all the evil  which we did  unto him. [16] And they sent a messenger  unto Joseph,  saying,  Thy father  did command  before  he died,  saying,  [17] So shall ye say  unto Joseph,  Forgive,  I pray thee  now, the trespass  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 spake  [18] And his brethren  and fell down  before his face;  and they said,  Behold, we be thy servants.  [19] And Joseph  said  unto them, Fear  not: for am I in the place of God?  [20] But as for you, ye thought  evil  against me; but God  meant it  unto good,  to  bring to pass,  as it is this day,  much  people  alive.