Genesis 50:6
in Genesis 50Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
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ASV
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
KJV
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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This verse in Genesis 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When the days of mourning had passed
on Genesis 50:4-6
Joseph sends his request through Pharaoh's court, and Adam Clarke notes a man in mourning dress did not come before an eastern king. The request is leave to go up, bury his father, and return. A later Pharaoh is asked for the same leave at Exodus 5:1 and refuses it.
This site's exposition
Go up and bury your father
Pharaoh grants the leave on the strength of the oath. Go up is the verb the Bible uses for travel from Egypt to Canaan, and Exodus 13:18 uses it for Israel leaving Egypt. Joseph's procession up to Canaan rehearses the exodus on a small scale.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): Go and bury thy father. Pharaoh was willing his business should stand still so long; but the service of Christ is more needful, and therefore he would not allow one that had work to do for him to go first and bury his father; no, Let the dead bury their dead, Matt. viii.
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And Pharaoh said,....
(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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| עֲלֵ֛ה | ʾaleh | go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| וּקְבֹ֥ר | ukevor | and bury | H6912 → | 133 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָבִ֖יךָ | ʾavikha | father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃ | hishbiekha | he made swear you | H7650 → | 186 times |
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
עֲלֵ֛הgo up
ʾalehH5927 →890 times
וּקְבֹ֥רand bury
ukevorH6912 →133 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָבִ֖יךָfather your
ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃he made swear you
hishbiekhaH7650 →186 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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 48:21Then 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.
it leads to
- Genesis 46:4
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
- Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…
- Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
- Hebrews 7:3
Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
- Genesis 46:4
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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.