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Genesis 50:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 50 · verse 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,Genesis 50:7 · King James Version
Genesis 50:7 in context
5My 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.
6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
7And 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,
8And 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.
9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- elderszâqênoldH2205 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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We have here an account of Jacob's funeral. Of the funerals of the kings of Judah, usually, no more is said than this, They were buried with their fathers in the city of David: but the funeral of the patriarch Jacob is more largely and fully described, to show how much better God was to him than he expected (he had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-14