And when the messenger of good tidings (_namely, Judah_) came _with the shirt_ (_and he had borne the bloody shirt; wherefore he desired to rejoice him, as he had grieved him_), he cast it upon his face, and he recovered his sight. [Thereupon Jacob] said, Did I not say unto you, I know, from God, what ye know not? They said, O our father, ask pardon of our crimes for us; for we have been sinners. He replied, I will ask pardon for you of my Lord; for He is the Very forgiving, the Merciful.—_He delayed doing so until the first appearance of the dawn_, _that the prayer might be more likely to be answered; or, as some say, until the night of_ [that is, preceding] _Friday_. _They then repaired to Egypt, and Joseph and the great men came forth to meet them_; and when they went in unto Joseph, _in his pavilion or tent_, he received unto him (_or pressed unto him_) his parents (_his father and his mother and his maternal aunt_), and said unto _them_, Enter ye Miṣr, if God please, in safety.[245] _So they entered; and Joseph seated himself upon his couch_, and he caused his parents to ascend upon the seat of state, and they (_that is, his parents and his brethren_) fell down, bowing themselves unto him[246] (_bending, but not putting the forehead_) [upon the ground]: _such being their mode of obeisance in that time_. And he said, O my father, this is the interpretation of my dream of former times: my Lord hath made it true; and He hath shown favour unto me, since He took me forth from the prison (_he said not, from the well,—from a motive of generosity, that his brethren might not be abashed_), and hath brought you from the desert, after that the devil had excited discord between me and my brethren; for my Lord is gracious unto whom He pleaseth; for He is the Knowing, the Wise.—_And his father resided with him four and twenty years, or seventeen; and the period of his separation was eighteen, or forty, or eighty years. And death came unto him; and thereupon he charged Joseph that he should carry him and bury him by his fathers. So he went himself and buried him. Then he returned to Egypt and remained after him three and twenty years; and when his case was ended, and he knew that he should not last_ [upon earth], _and his soul desired the lasting possession, he said_, O my Lord, Thou hast given me dominion, and taught me the interpretation of events (_or dreams_): Creator of the heavens and the earth, Thou art my guardian in this world and in the world to come. Make me to die a Muslim, and join me with the righteous _among my forefathers. And he lived after that a week, or more, and died a hundred and twenty years old. And the Egyptians disputed concerning his burial: so they put him in a chest of marble, and buried him in the upper part of the Nile, that the blessing_ [resulting from him] _might be general to the tracts on each side of it.[247] Extolled be the perfection of Him to whose dominion there is no end!_ (xii. 54-102). JOB.