Genesis 50:14
12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged 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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
After Joseph had 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, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had gone up with him to bury his father.
- BLB
- And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
- ÅB
- Og da Josef hadde begravet sin far, vendte han tilbake til Egypt, både han og hans brødre og alle de som hadde draget opp med ham for å begrave hans far.
- OTB
- Etter å ha begravd sin far, vendte Josef tilbake til Egypt, sammen med sine brødre og alle som hadde dratt opp med ham for å begrave hans far.
- B1930
- Og da Josef hadde begravet sin far, vendte han tilbake til Egypten, både han og hans brødre og alle de som hadde draget op med ham for å begrave hans far.