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Printables: Joseph in Egypt. These printables can be used in a variety of ways, including illustrations for stories, cards to collect and match, bookmarks to take home and small pictures for attendance charts or matching games.
The tomb of Joseph, painted by David Roberts in 1839. The Book of Genesis ends with the words “And Joseph died at the age of 110 and they embalmed him, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.” And yet, Joseph is buried in Shechem (Nablus) in the Holy Land. How did he end up there?
Hebrews 11:22. Jacob died in Egypt. Many years later, his son Joseph died there too. So they both died away from Canaan, the country that God had promised to their family. Both Jacob and Joseph wanted the family to bury their bodies in Canaan. So they each made special funeral arrangements.
- History of Shechem
- Shechem Today
- Mark Twain on Shechem
- Shechem Links
When Abraham first entered the Land in 2023 (1737 BCE), his first stop was the "place of Shechem," where G‑d appeared to him and promised: "To your descendants I will give this land." This was the first time that G‑dinformed our Patriarch of this ultimate intention. Two generations later, returning from Charan with his wives and children, Jacob cam...
In 1926, the Jewish inhabitants of Shechem were forced to leave in the face of Arab pogroms. A year later, an earthquake destroyed most of the Old City of Shechem, including the Jewish quarter. With the Six Day War in 1967, Shechem and the surrounding areas reverted to Jewish control; however, while tourism in the area was encouraged, Jews were not...
In 1867 Mark Twain visited Shechem. He described this visit in his diary which was later published. The following are some interesting excerpts: "At two o'clock we stopped to lunch and rest at ancient Shechem, between the historic Mounts of Gerizim and Ebal, where in the old times the books of the law, the curses and the blessings, were read from t...
According to the Bible, Joseph was embalmed and buried in a coffin in Egypt (Goshen/Avaris), after having his people swear to carry his bones away. Later midrash identify his first entombment in a royal mausoleum, or as cast into the Nile.
The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money; it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
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