Genesis 50:13 (ASV)

Passage

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Genesis 50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

Genesis 50:13 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Genesis 50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

Genesis 50:15 And when Joseph`s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "carried", "land", "canaan", "buried", "cave", "field", and "machpelah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "carried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And his sons did unto him according..." into verse 14's "And Joseph returned into Egypt he and...", so "sons" and "carried" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sons" and "carried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.