11. When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim. It is across the Jordan.
12. So Jacob’s sons did for him what he had commanded them.
13. They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
14. After Joseph buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
15. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another, “If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”
16. So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command:
17. ‘Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin — the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when their message came to him.
18. Then his brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves! ”
19. But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?