"that he fell on his father in grief"
"his servants who took care of dead bodies"
"to prepare his father's body for burial"
"days of mourning him" or "days of weeping for him"
"Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's officials"
"If I have found favor with you" or "If you are pleased with me"
"If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak to Pharaoh and tell him that my father made me swear, saying that he was about to die and that I was to bury him in his tomb that he dug for himself in the land of Canaan. I was to bury him there. Now let me go up ... I will return."
It was common to use the phrase "go up" when speaking of traveling from Egypt to Canaan.
It is implied that the members of the court spoke to Pharaoh, and now Pharaoh is replying to Joseph.
"as you swore to him"
All of Pharaoh's most important leaders attended the burial procession.
These were probably government officials, not household servants.
Here "household" refers to Pharaoh's royal court.
"Joseph's household, his brothers, and his father's household also went with him"
Here this stands for the men riding in the chariots.
"It was a very large gathering"
The word "they" refers to the participants in the burial procession.
Possible meanings are 1) the word "Atad" means "thorn" and it may refer to a place where large amounts of thorns grew, or 2) it may be the name of the person who owns the threshing floor.
"they were extremely sad and they mourned very much"
"The mourning of the Egyptians is very great"
"The name Abel Mizraim means "the mourning of Egypt.'"
"So Jacob's sons"
"just as he had directed them"
"His sons took his body"
Machpela was the name of an area or region.
This was another name for the city of Hebron.
This is the name of a man. "Hittite" means "descendent of Heth."
"all who had come with him"
"wants revenge for the evil thing we did to him"
"Before our father died he said"
"Your father instructed us before he died to tell you to please forgive our transgression and our sin when we did evil to you."
"for the wicked things they did to you"
"please forgive us, the servants of the God of our father"
"Joseph wept when he heard this message"
They lay down with their faces toward the ground. This is a sign of humility and respect for Joseph.
"I am not in the place of God." or "I am not God."
"you intended to do evil against me"
"God intended it for good"
"So do not fear me"
"I will always make sure you and your children have enough to eat"
"He comforted them by speaking kindly to them"
"Ephraim's children and grandchildren"
This is the name of Joseph's grandson.
This expression means that Joseph adopted these children of Machir as his own children. This means they would have special inheritance rights from Joseph.
The word "you" refers to Joseph's brothers, but it also stands for their descendants.
"bring you out of this land and take you to the land"
To "embalm" is a special way of preserving a dead body before it is buried.
"they placed him"
"in a chest" or "in a case." This is a box a dead person is placed in.