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 blessing. “Juda”, said  he,  “thy  hand  shall be on  the  neck  of  thy  enemies. The sons of thy  father  shall  bow down  to  thee,  and the sceptre  shall  not  be  taken  away  from Juda, till  He  come  that  is  to. be sent,  and He shall  be  the  expectation  of  nations.”



Then, having  told  them  to  bury  him  with his fathers  in  the  land  of  Chanaan,  he  died.

When Joseph  saw  this,  he  fell  upon  his father’s face,  weeping  and  kissing  him. He then ordered  the  body  to  be  embalmed.

And Pharao  commanded  that  all  Egypt  should mourn Jacob  for  seventy  days. When the time of  mourning  was  passed,  Joseph,  accompanied by  all  the  elders  of  the  house  of Pharao,  set  out  for  the  land  of  Chanaan,  and buried the  remains  of  his  father  at  Hebron.

Now, Jacob  being  dead,  the  brothers  feared that Joseph  would  remember  the  wrong  they had done  him,  and  therefore  they  came  to him  and  begged  forgiveness. Joseph received them kindly,  saying:  “You  thought  evil  against  me,  but  God turned it  into  good.”

Joseph lived  one  hundred  and  ten  years,  and  saw  his  children’s children to  the  third  generation. When his  end  drew  near,