Genesis 50:6 (LSB)

Passage

And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:4 Then the days of weeping for him were past, and Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Genesis 50:5 ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

Genesis 50:6 And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Genesis 50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Genesis 50:8 and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pharaoh", "said", "bury", "father", and "swear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pharaoh" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "My father made me swear saying Behold..." into verse 7's "So Joseph went up to bury his...", so "pharaoh" and "said" 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 "pharaoh" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.