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Dey Bury Israel
1 Joseph bend down to his mahke faddah. He cry plenny fo him, an he kiss um.
2 Den Joseph tell da funeral guys dat work fo him fo make ready his faddah guy body fo bury. So da funeral guys do wat Joseph tell um fo do.
3 Wen take um forty day, cuz dass how much time need fo make one body ready fo bury, Egypt style. Da Egypt peopo all come sad fo him, seventy day.
4 Wen pau da time fo show how sad you stay, Joseph go by da guys dat work fo da Pharaoh guy, dass da king. He tell um, “Eh, you guys my frenz. Az why try do dis fo me. Go talk to da Pharaoh guy, an tell um dat Joseph tell dis:
5 ‘My faddah guy, he wen make me make one strong promise, fo erybody know dat I goin do um. He tell, “I goin mahke, you know. You gotta bury me inside da place I wen make ready fo me, inside da Canaan land.” Az why now, I like go ova dea fo bury my faddah guy. Den I come back hea.’ ”
6 Da Pharaoh guy tell um, “Go. Bury yoa faddah guy, jalike you wen make one strong promise fo do.”
Joseph Go Canaan Fo Bury His Faddah
7 Joseph go Canaan side fo bury his faddah. All da govmen guys dat work fo da Pharaoh, da importan guys from Pharaoh palace, an all da older leada guys from Egypt, dey go wit him.
8 All da peopo dat work fo Joseph, his braddah guys, an da peopo dat wen work fo his faddah befo time, dey go too. Ony da kids, da real ol peopo, da sheeps, da goats, an da cows, dey stay back Goshen land.
9 Had army wagons an guys dat ride horse dat go wit him too, az real plenny peopo go togedda.
10 Wen dey come one place fo go across da Jordan Riva, da place dey call Goren Ha-Atad, dey cry plenny an real loud fo Israel. Joseph make funeral seven day fo his mahke faddah.
11 Da Canaan peopo dat live dea, dey see da peopo crying ova dea, an dey tell, “Da Egypt peopo, dey stay get one importan kine funeral!” Az why dey call dat place Abel-Mizraim, dat mean “Egypt Peopo Funeral Place,” dea language. Stay da east side a da Jordan Riva.
12 Dass how da Israel boys do wat dea faddah guy wen tell um fo do.
13 Da boys carry his body an bury him inside da cave dat stay inside da Makpelah field wea can see Mamre, Canaan land. Dass da same field dat Abraham wen buy from Efron da Het guy fo bury his peopo dea.
14 Afta dey bury Joseph faddah, Joseph an his braddah guys an all da odda peopo dat go Canaan side wit him go back Egypt side.
Da Braddah Guys Worry
Bout Wat Joseph Goin Do To Dem
15 Now cuz dea faddah mahke, Joseph braddah guys stay tink plenny bout wat goin happen wit dem. Dey tell, “Wat if Joseph still yet stay piss off wit us guys, an he goin pay us back fo all da bad kine stuff we wen do to him!”
16 So dey sen one message to Joseph fo tell um, “Befo yoa faddah wen mahke, he tell us
17 fo tell you dis: ‘Try let yoa braddah guys go, an no poin finga dem cuz dey wen go agains you, dat time dey wen do bad tings to you.’ Az why we stay tell you fo let us go, cuz we slave guys fo da same God yoa faddah guy wen work fo.” Wen dey tell Joseph dat, he cry.
18 Laytas, afta dey sen da message, Joseph braddah guys go by him, an dey go down on top da groun in front him fo show um respeck, an tell um, “Us guys, we yoa slave guys.”
19 But Joseph tell um, “No sked! You tink I God, o wat?!
20 You guys wen make one plan fo do one bad ting to me, but God, he make one plan fo do good tings! God da one dat make dis kine ting happen dat get today—get plenny peopo now dat stay alive an neva mahke.
21 So, no sked. I goin take kea you guys an yoa kids fo you get food.” He talk real nice to dem fo dem no worry.
Da Jacob Story Pau
22 From dat time, Joseph an all his faddah guy ohana peopo stay Egypt side. Joseph, he live 110 year.
23 He come ol, but he wen see Efraim kids an grankids. Manasseh too, same ting, wen Manasseh boy Makir get kids, Joseph hanai dem too.
24 Laytas, Joseph tell his braddah guys, “Pretty soon now, I goin mahke. But God, he goin take kea you guys. He goin bring you guys outa dis land, to da odda land, da one dat he wen make one promise fo give to Abraham, Isaac, an Jacob.”
25 Den Joseph make da odda Israel boys make one strong kine promise to him, fo erybody know dat dey goin do um. He tell um, “Bumbye wen God take kea you guys, you guys gotta carry my body wit you outa dis land.”
26 Joseph mahke wen he 110 year ol. His braddah guys make his body ready fo bury Egypt style, an dey put um inside one coffin, ova dea Egypt land.