Genesis 50:12 (LSB)

Passage

Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a very great and immense lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.

Genesis 50:11 Now the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, “This is an immense mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Genesis 50:12 Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them.

Genesis 50:13 Indeed, his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for his possession as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 50:14 After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Now the inhabitants of the land the..." into verse 13's "Indeed his sons carried him to the...", so "thus" and "sons" 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 "thus" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.