Genesis 50:4 (ASV)

Passage

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Genesis 50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

Genesis 50:4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "weeping", "past", "joseph", "spake", "house", "pharaoh", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "weeping", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And forty days were fulfilled for him..." into verse 5's "My father made me swear saying Lo...", so "days" and "weeping" 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 "days" and "weeping" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.