Genesis 50:9 (GNV)

Passage

And there went vp with him both charets and horsemen: and they were an exceeding great company.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:7 So Ioseph went vp to bury his father, and with him went all the seruants of Pharaoh, both the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 50:8 Likewise all the house of Ioseph, and his brethren, and his fathers house: onely their children, and their sheepe, and their cattell left they in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:9 And there went vp with him both charets and horsemen: and they were an exceeding great company.

Genesis 50:10 And they came to Goren Atad, which is beyond Iorden, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seuen dayes.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "both", "charets", "horsemen", "exceeding", "great", and "company". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "both", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Likewise all the house of Ioseph and..." into verse 10's "And they came to Goren Atad which...", so "went" and "both" 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 "went" and "both" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.