1And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of

2At that time Jacob was attacked with that illness of which he died and he

3And Jacob said unto Joseph and unto his sons, Behold I die, and the God of

4And Jacob made his sons swear to bury him in Machpelah, in Hebron, and his

5And he commanded them, saying, Serve the Lord your God, for he who

6And Jacob said, Call all your children unto me, and all the children of

7And on the next day Jacob again called for his sons, and they all assembled

8And Jacob said unto Judah, I know my son that thou art a mighty man for thy

9Only teach thy sons the bow and all the weapons of war, in order that they

10And Jacob again commanded his sons on that day, saying, Behold I shall be

11Howbeit take heed I pray you that none of your sons carry me, only

12Judah, Issachar and Zebulun shall carry my bier at the eastern side;

13Let not Levi carry with you, for he and his sons will carry the ark of the

14Thus shall you do unto me when you carry me away; do not neglect any thing

15And you my sons, honor each his brother and his relative, and command your

16In order that you may prolong your days in the land, you and your children

17And thou, Joseph my son, forgive I pray thee the wrongs of thy brethren

18And O my son leave not thy brethren to the inhabitants of Egypt, neither

19And Jacob said unto his sons, So may God be with you when you keep all his

20For I know that many and grievous troubles will befall you in the latter

21And it shall come to pass when you shall go after God to serve him and

22And Jacob ceased commanding his sons, and he drew his feet into the bed,

23And Joseph fell upon his father and he cried out and wept over him and he

24And his son's wives and all his household came and fell upon Jacob, and

25And all the sons of Jacob rose up together, and they tore their garments,

26And the thing was told unto Osnath Joseph's wife, and she rose up and put

27And also all the people of Egypt who knew Jacob came all on that day when

28And also from the land of Canaan did the women come unto Egypt when they

29And it came to pass after this that Joseph commanded his servants the

30And all the people of Egypt and the elders and all the inhabitants of the

31And after the days of his weeping had passed away, at the end of seventy

32And Pharaoh sent Joseph, saying, Go up and bury thy father as he said, and

33And Pharaoh commanded that it should be proclaimed throughout Egypt,

34And all Egypt heard of Pharaoh's proclamation, and they all rose up

35And the sons of Jacob carried the bier upon which he lay; according to all

36And the bier was of pure gold, and it was inlaid round about with onyx

37And Joseph placed upon the head of his father Jacob a large golden crown,

38And all the troops of Egypt went before him in this array, at first all

39And all the weepers and mourners went at a distance opposite to the bier,

40And Joseph and his household went together near the bier barefooted and

41And fifty of Jacob's servants went in front of the bier, and they strewed

42And Joseph went up with a heavy camp, and they did after this manner every

43And all the kings of Canaan heard of this thing and they all went forth,

44And all these kings beheld Jacob's bier, and behold Joseph's crown was

45And all these kings made in that place a great and heavy mourning with the

46And the report reached Esau, saying, Jacob died in Egypt, and his sons and

47And Esau heard this thing, and he was dwelling in mount Seir, and he rose

48And it came to pass, when Esau came he mourned for his brother Jacob, and

49And Joseph and his brethren brought their father Jacob from that place,

50And they came unto Kireath-arba, to the cave, and as they came Esau stood

51And Joseph and his brethren heard the words of Esau's sons, and they were

52And Jacob bought it for his sons and his seed after him for an inheritance

53And Esau answered, saying Thou speakest falsely and utterest lies for I

54And Esau spoke these things in order to deceive Joseph with his words for

55And Joseph said unto Esau, Surely my father inserted these things with

56And Esau answered, saying unto him, Bring the record, all that thou wilt

57And Joseph called unto Naphtali his brother, and he said, Hasten quickly,

58And thou shalt bring them unto us hither, that we may know from them all

59And Naphtali hearkened to the voice of Joseph and he hastened and ran to

60And when Esau saw that Naphtali had gone to fetch the records, he and his

61And all the sons of Jacob and the people of Egypt fought with Esau and his

62And Chushim the son of Dan, the son of Jacob, was at that time with

63And Chushim was dumb and deaf, still he understood the voice of

64And he asked, saying, Why do you not bury the dead, and what is this great

65And when Chushim did this thing the sons of Jacob prevailed over the sons

66And Jacob was buried in Hebron, in the cave of Machpelah which Abraham had

67And no king had such honor paid him as Joseph paid unto his father at his

68And Joseph and his brethren made a mourning of seven days for their

Chapter 56

After Seventeen Years' Dwelling in Egypt, Jacob dies, after