Genesis 50:6
4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of 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
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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