1 Kai epesen o Ioseph epi to prosopon tou patros autou kai eklausen ep' auton kai ephilesen auton. 2 Kai prosetaxen o Ioseph tous doulous autou tous iatrous na balsamososi ton patera autou; kai ebalsamosan oi iatroi ton Israel. 3 Kai suneplerothesan di' auton tessarakonta emerai; dioti outo sumplerountai ai emerai tes balsamoseos; kai epenthesan auton oi Aiguptioi ebdomekonta emeras. 4 Aphou de parelthon ai emerai tou penthous autou, elalesen o Ioseph pros ton oikon tou Pharao, legon, Ean tora eureka charin enopion sas, lalesate, parakalo, eis ta ota tou Pharao, legontes, 5 O pater mou me orkise, legon, Idou, ego apothnesko; eis to mnemeion mou, to opoion eskapsa eis emauton en ge Chanaan, ekei theleis me thapsei; tora loipon as anabo, parakalo, kai as thapso ton patera mou; kai thelo epistrepsei. 6 Kai eipen o Pharao, Anabethi kai thapson ton patera sou kathos se orkise. 7 Kai anebe o Ioseph dia na thapse ton patera autou; kai sunanebesan met' autou pantes oi douloi tou Pharao, oi presbuteroi tou oikou autou, kai pantes oi presbuteroi tes ges Aiguptou 8 kai pas o oikos tou Ioseph kai oi adelphoi autou kai o oikos tou patros autou; monon tas oikogeneias auton kai ta poimnia auton kai tas agelas auton aphekan en te ge Gesen. 9 Kai sunanebesan met' autou kai amaxai kai ippeis; oste egeine sunodia megale sphodra; 10 kai elthon eis to alonion tou Atad to peran tou Iordanou; kai ekei ethrenesan threnon megan kai dunaton sphodra; kai ekamen o Ioseph dia ton patera autou penthos epta emeras. 11 Kai idontes oi katoikoi tou topou, oi Chananaioi, to penthos en to alonio tou Atad, eipon, Penthos mega einai touto eis tous Aiguptious; dia touto onomasthe to onoma autou Abel-misraim, to opoion einai peran tou Iordanou. 12 Kai ekamon eis auton oi uioi autou kathos parengeilen eis autous; 13 kai metakomisantes auton oi uioi autou eis gen Chanaan, ethapsan auton en to spelaio tou agrou Machpelach, to opoion o Abraam egorase meta tou agrou dia ktema mnemeiou para tou Ephron tou Chettaiou katenanti tes Mambre. 14 Kai aphou o Ioseph ethapse ton patera autou, epestrepsen eis Aigupton autos kai oi adelphoi autou kai pantes oi sunanabantes met' autou dia na thapsosi ton patera autou. 15 Kai idontes oi adelphoi tou Ioseph oti apethanen o pater auton, eipon, Isos o Ioseph thelei mnesikakesei eis emas kai thelei mas antapodosei austeros panta ta kaka osa epraxamen eis auton. 16 Kai emenusan pros ton Ioseph, legontes, O pater sou prosetaxe, prin apothane, legon, 17 Outo thelete eipei pros ton Ioseph; Sunchoreson, parakalo, ten adikian ton adelphon sou kai ten amartian auton; dioti epraxan kakon eis se; tora loipon sunchoreson, parakaloumen, ten adikian ton doulon tou Theou tou patros sou. Kai eklausen o Ioseph ote elalesan pros auton. 18 Upegan de kai oi adelphoi autou kai pesontes emprosthen autou, eipon, Idou, emeis eimetha douloi sou. 19 Kai eipe pros autous o Ioseph, Me phobeisthe; mepos anti Theou eimai ego; 20 seis men ebouleuthete kakon enantion mou; o de Theos ebouleuthe na metastrepse touto eis kalon, dia na geine kathos ten semeron, oste na sose ten zoen pollou laou; 21 tora loipon me phobeisthe; ego thelo threpsei esas kai tas oikogeneias sas. Kai paregoresen autous kai elalese kata ten kardian auton. 22 Kai katokesen o Ioseph en Aigupto, autos kai o oikos tou patros autou; kai ezesen o Ioseph ekaton deka ete. 23 Kai eiden o Ioseph tekna tou Ephraim, eos trites geneas; kai ta paidia tou Macheir, uiou tou Manasse, epi ton gonaton tou Ioseph egennethesan. 24 Kai eipen o Ioseph pros tous adelphous autou, Ego apothnesko; o de Theos thelei bebaios sas episkephthe kai thelei sas anabibasei ek tes ges tautes eis ten gen, ten opoian omose pros ton Abraam, pros ton Isaak kai pros ton Iakob. 25 Kai orkisen o Ioseph tous uious Israel, legon, O Theos bebaios thelei sas episkephthe kai thelete anabibasei ta osta mou enteuthen. 26 Kai eteleutesen o Ioseph en elikia eton ekaton deka; kai ebalsamosan auton; kai etethe eis theken en te Aigupto. _
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