The KJV Holy Bible

 

Genesis Chapter Fifty

 

1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Genesis: The Fixation of the Spirit and the Seed of the Next Cycle

"Genesis Chapter Fifty is the grand capstone of the first massive Alchemical cycle. The Awakened Conscious Mind (Jacob) has transitioned, and its Spiritual achievements must now be permanently fixed and preserved. This chapter deals with the Esoteric concept of 'embalming'—the Alchemical fixation of the volatile, ensuring that the hard-won Spiritual Wisdom is not lost to physical decay. It also depicts the Ultimate eradication of Karmic guilt within the lower faculties. Finally, the chapter closes with the Divine Intuition (Joseph) leaving behind its core structure (its bones) within the material matrix, serving as the hidden, magical seed that will eventually spark the great liberation of Exodus."

 

 

Verses 1-3: The Embalming of the Intellect and the Cycles of Time - "And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And Forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him Threescore and Ten days." 

Joseph (the Intuition) commands the physicians of Egypt (the restorative, natural laws of the physical body) to embalm Israel. In Spiritual Alchemy, embalming is the process of "fixing" or crystallizing a Highly Refined State of Consciousness so it remains permanent. The process takes Forty days—the Universal biblical number for a complete cycle of trial, purification, and calcination (like the rain of Noah, or the days in the wilderness). The Seventy days of mourning represent the Absolute, Universal Completion (7 x 10) of this specific Spiritual era within the physical matrix. The physical body honors the profound Spiritual Consciousness that once governed it.

 

 

Verses 4-14: The Great Procession and the Return to the Foundation - "And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh... And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah," 

The Intuition leads a massive, Unified procession out of the Subconscious depths (Egypt) back to the Higher Conscious Planes (Canaan) to bury the father. Notice that the servants of Pharaoh (the physical, biological faculties) participate in exalting the Spiritual Mind, operating in Perfect Harmony with the Higher faculties (the sons). Jacob is laid to rest in the cave of Machpelah alongside Abraham and Isaac. The Spiritualized Intellect is officially anchored into the foundational lineage of the Adept. Once the cycle is completed, all faculties peacefully return to Egypt, ready to continue operating within the material matrix.

 

 

Verses 15-21: The Final Eradication of Karma - "And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us... And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." 

With the father (the old Conscious Mind) gone, the lower faculties (the brothers) experience a sudden resurgence of fear. The unrefined ego still struggles to believe in unconditional grace, fearing the Intuition will finally exact revenge for past Karmic debts. Joseph weeps at their Lack of Understanding. He completely dissolves the illusion of Karma and dualistic judgment, repeating the Supreme Hermetic Truth of the Great Work: the hostile actions of the lower ego were precisely utilized by the Divine Architect to build the vessel of salvation. The Intuition operates Purely on Divine Providence, providing perfect comfort and nourishment to the lower nature.

 

 

Verses 22-26: The Bones of the Intuition and the Seed of Exodus - "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land... and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt." 

Joseph lives 110 years (the Egyptian ideal of a Perfect, Complete Life) before his cycle ends. Before transitioning, the Supreme Intuition prophesies the next great Alchemical phase: the Divine will eventually command the entire psychic family to leave the material matrix completely. Joseph demands an oath that his "bones" (the Foundational, Imperishable, Structural Truths of Divine Intuition) must be carried out with them. The Book of Genesis ends with Joseph embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. The Spiritual Fire is not extinguished; it is Perfectly Preserved. The coffin acts as a Magical seed planted deep in the dark earth of the material matrix, waiting patiently in the Subconscious for the Ultimate Resurrection and liberation that will begin the Book of Exodus.