Genesis 50:13 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Genesis 50:15 Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "carrying", "land", "chanaan", "buried", "double", "cave", "abraham", and "bought". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "carrying" and "land", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "So the sons of Jacob did as..." into verse 14's "And Joseph returned into Egypt with his...", so "carrying" and "land" 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 "carrying" and "land" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.