Genesis 50:4 (DRB)

Passage

And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:2 And he commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father.

Genesis 50:3 And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:4 And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:

Genesis 50:5 For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die; thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.

Genesis 50:6 And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "time", "mourning", "expired", "joseph", "spoke", "family", "pharao", and "found". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "time" and "mourning", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And while they were fulfilling his commands..." into verse 5's "For my father made me swear to...", so "time" and "mourning" 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 "time" and "mourning" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.