Verse 5
Genesis 50:5
Darby Translation
5
My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray thee, that I may bury my father; and I will come again.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָבִ֞/י הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣/נִי לֵ/אמֹ֗ר הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִי֮ מֵת֒ בְּ/קִבְרִ֗/י אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרִ֤יתִי לִ/י֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן שָׁ֖מָּ/ה תִּקְבְּרֵ֑/נִי וְ/עַתָּ֗ה אֶֽעֱלֶה נָּ֛א וְ/אֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת אָבִ֖/י וְ/אָשֽׁוּבָה
English Translation
My father has made me swear, saying, "Here I am about to die in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan; there you shall bury me." Now, please let me go up and bury my father, then I will return.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 50 Context
1
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Focus ↗
2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed I...
Focus ↗
3
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And...
Focus ↗
4
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I...
Focus ↗
5
My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of C...
6
And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
Focus ↗
7
And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders o...
Focus ↗
8
and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and t...
Focus ↗
9
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.
Focus ↗
10
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented wi...
Focus ↗
11
And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, an...
Focus ↗
12
And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;
Focus ↗
13
and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpel...
Focus ↗
14
And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had...
Focus ↗
15
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostil...
Focus ↗
16
And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,
Focus ↗
17
Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their...
Focus ↗
18
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
Focus ↗
19
And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God (Elohim)?
Focus ↗
20
Ye indeed meant evil against me: God (Elohim) meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is...
Focus ↗
21
And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consol...
Focus ↗
22
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
Focus ↗
23
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Mana...
Focus ↗
24
And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; and God (Elohim) will certainly visit you, and bring you up...
Focus ↗
25
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God (Elohim) will certainly visit you; an...
Focus ↗
26
And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in E...
Focus ↗