Genesis 50:6 (YLT)

Passage

and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:4 And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Genesis 50:5 My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

Genesis 50:6 and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

Genesis 50:7 And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Genesis 50:8 and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

Study Lenses

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

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