Genesis 50:12 (DRB)

Passage

So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.

Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw this, they said: This is a great mourning to the Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place was called, The mourning of Egypt.

Genesis 50:12 So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.

Genesis 50:13 And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave, which Abraham had bought together with the field for a possession of a burying place, of Ehpron, the Hethite, over against Mambre.

Genesis 50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "jacob", and "commanded". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "jacob", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And when the inhabitants of Chanaan saw..." into verse 13's "And carrying him into the land of...", so "sons" and "jacob" 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 "jacob" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.