Genesis 50:9 (YLT)

Passage

and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.

Nearby Context

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;

Genesis 50:9 and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "both", "chariot", "horsemen", "camp", "very", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "both" and "chariot", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "and all the house of Joseph and..." into verse 10's "And they come unto the threshing-floor of...", so "both" and "chariot" 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 "both" and "chariot" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.