Genesis 50:6
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
Genesis 50:6 in other translations
| BSB | Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and Pharaoh saith, ‘Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.' |
| DARBY | And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. |
| BBE | And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him. |
| Webster | And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. |
What does Genesis 50:6 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 50:1-6
Though pious relatives and friends have lived to a good old age, and we are confident they are gone to glory, yet we may regret our own loss, and pay respect to their memory by lamenting them. Grace does not destroy, but it purifies, moderates, and regulates natural affection. The departed soul is out of the reach of any tokens of our affection; but it is proper to show respect to the body, of which we look for a…
Genesis 50:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 50:6
- 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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Context
- Genesis 50:5
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.
- Genesis 50:6
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
- Genesis 50:7
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 50:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Faraón dijo: Ve, y sepulta á tu padre, como él te conjuró. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le Pharaon dit: Monte, et enterre ton père, comme il t’a fait jurer. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Pharao sprach: Ziehe hinauf und begrabe deinen Vater, so wie er dich hat schwören lassen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque ei Pharao: Ascende, et sepeli patrem tuum sicut adjuratus es. |