Genesis 50:13 (WEB)

Passage

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Genesis 50:12 His sons did to him just as he commanded them,

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

Genesis 50:14 Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

Genesis 50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "carried", "land", "canaan", "buried", "cave", "field", and "machpelah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "carried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "His sons did to him just as..." into verse 14's "Joseph returned into Egypt he and his...", so "sons" and "carried" 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 "sons" and "carried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.