Genesis 50:13 (GNV)

Passage

For his sonnes caried him into the lande of Canaan, and buried him in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah, which caue Abraham bought with the fielde, to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite besides Mamre.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:11 And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden.

Genesis 50:12 So his sonnes did vnto him, according as he had commanded them:

Genesis 50:13 For his sonnes caried him into the lande of Canaan, and buried him in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah, which caue Abraham bought with the fielde, to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite besides Mamre.

Genesis 50:14 Then Ioseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and al that went vp with him to bury his father, after that he had buried his father.

Genesis 50:15 And when Iosephs brethren saw that their father was dead, they sayde, It may be that Ioseph will hate vs, and will pay vs againe all the euill, which we did vnto him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sonnes", "caried", "lande", "canaan", "buried", "caue", "fielde", and "machpelah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sonnes" and "caried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "So his sonnes did vnto him according..." into verse 14's "Then Ioseph returned into Egypt he and...", so "sonnes" and "caried" 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 "sonnes" and "caried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.