Genesis 50

Genesis 50

Joseph has his father embalmed like an Egyption, asks the Pharaoh for his leave and takes Jacob to Canaan to bury him.  With him go dignitaries, his brothers and much of their households.

His brothers were worried that Joseph would try to take revenge against them for being such assholes to him in the past. They told Joseph that Jacob wanted them to forgive each other. Joseph thinks that since it was all God’s plan, it was OK.

Lastly, Joseph lives to be an old man. He has the Israelites (the descendants of his father) swear that when God comes to their aid they will take his bones out of Egypt  He gets embalmed and put in a coffin.

The narrative at this point doesn’t say anything is wrong with the Israelites living in Egypt. With Joseph such an important person there, how could anything be wrong?

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