Genesis 50:6
4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
7 Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
- KJV
- And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
- WEB
- Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
- ASV
- And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
- DARBY
- And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
- BLB
- And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
- ÅB
- Og Farao sa: Dra opp og begrav din far, slik som du tilsvor ham.
- OTB
- Farao svarte: "Gå og begrav din far, slik han fikk deg til å sverge."
- B1930
- Og Farao sa: Dra op og begrav din far, således som du tilsvor ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
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