Genesis 50:5 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Genesis 50:5 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.

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 bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "father", "swear", "saying", "behold", "grave", "myself", "land", and "canaan". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "father" and "swear", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And when the days of his mourning..." into verse 6's "And Pharaoh said Go up and bury...", so "father" and "swear" 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 "father" and "swear" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.