Genesis 50:4
in Genesis 50When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
KJV
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,
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This verse in Genesis 50
Commentary
4 notes on this verseSpeak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh - But why did not Joseph apply himself? Because he was now in his mourning habits, and in such none must appear in the presence of the eastern monarchs. See Est 4:2.
This site's exposition
When the days of mourning had passed
on Genesis 50:4-6
Joseph sends his request through Pharaoh's court. Adam Clarke notes that a man in mourning dress did not come before an eastern king. The request is leave to go up, bury his father, and return, and a later Pharaoh refuses that same leave at Exodus 5:1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And when the days of his mourning were past,.... The forty days before mentioned, in which both the Egyptians and Jacob's family mourned for him.
(1.) It was a piece of necessary respect to Pharaoh that he would not go without leave; for we may suppose that, though his charge about the corn was long since over, yet he continued a prime-minister of state, and therefore would not be so long absent from his business without licence.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ | vaiyaavru | and they passed | H5674 → | 556 times |
| יְמֵ֣י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְכִית֔וֹ | vekhito | weeping his | H1068 → | |
| וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] household of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֖ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| נָ֨א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| מָצָ֤אתִי | matzati | I have found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| חֵן֙ | chen | favor | H2580 → | 69 times |
| בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם | beeineikhem | in view your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| דַּבְּרוּ־ | daberu- | speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| נָ֕א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| בְּאָזְנֵ֥י | beazenei | in [the] ears of | H241 → | 187 times |
| פַרְעֹ֖ה | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙and they passed
vaiyaavruH5674 →556 times
יְמֵ֣י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
בְכִית֔וֹweeping his
vekhitoH1068 →
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] household of
beitH1004 →2046 times
פַּרְעֹ֖הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
נָ֨אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
מָצָ֤אתִיI have found
matzatiH4672 →455 times
חֵן֙favor
chenH2580 →69 times
בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םin view your
beeineikhemH5869 →887 times
דַּבְּרוּ־speak
daberu-H1696 →1141 times
נָ֕אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
בְּאָזְנֵ֥יin [the] ears of
beazeneiH241 →187 times
פַרְעֹ֖הPharaoh
farohH6547 →274 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 18:3“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
it leads to
- Genesis 32:5
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
- Genesis 32:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.