Genesis 50:12 (YLT)

Passage

And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:10 And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which <FI>is<Fi> beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,

Genesis 50:11 and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning <FI>is<Fi> this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath <FI>one<Fi> called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which <FI>is<Fi> beyond the Jordan.

Genesis 50:12 And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

Genesis 50:13 and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

Genesis 50:14 And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "and the inhabitant of the land the..." into verse 13's "and his sons bear him away to...", so "sons" and "commanded" 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 "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.