Genesis 50:6
New International Version
Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

New Living Translation
Pharaoh agreed to Joseph’s request. “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise,” he said.

English Standard Version
And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

King James Bible
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

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

New American Standard Bible
Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

NASB 1995
Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

NASB 1977
And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

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

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

Christian Standard Bible
So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father in keeping with your oath.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father in keeping with your oath.”

American Standard Version
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Pharaoh said to Yoseph, “Go up and bury your father as he made you swear.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Pharao said to Joseph, Go up, bury thy father, as he constrained thee to swear.

Contemporary English Version
The king answered, "Go to Canaan and keep your promise to your father."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.

English Revised Version
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pharaoh replied, "Go and bury your father, as you have promised him."

Good News Translation
The king answered, "Go and bury your father, as you promised you would."

International Standard Version
"Please go," Pharaoh replied. "Bury your father, as he asked you to do."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Pharaoh said: 'Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.'

Literal Standard Version
and Pharaoh says, “Go up and bury your father, as he caused you to swear.”

Majority Standard Bible
Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

New American Bible
Pharaoh replied, “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise on oath.”

NET Bible
So Pharaoh said, "Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do."

New Revised Standard Version
Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

New Heart English Bible
And Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, in keeping with your oath."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

World English Bible
Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”

Young's Literal Translation
and Pharaoh saith, 'Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Mourning and Burial for Jacob
5my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.” 6Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.” 7Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—…

Cross References
Genesis 50:5
my father made me swear an oath when he said, 'I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.' Now let me go and bury my father, and then return."

Genesis 50:7
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him--the elders of Pharaoh's household and all the elders of the land of Egypt--


Treasury of Scripture

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

as he made.

Genesis 48:21
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

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Genesis 50
1. The mourning for Jacob.
4. Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him.
7. The funeral.
15. Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon.
22. His age.
23. He sees the third generation of his sons.
24. He prophesies unto his brothers of their return.
25. He takes an oath of them concerning his bones.
26. He dies, and is put into a coffin.














Verse 6. - And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. Pharaoh's answer would, of course, be conveyed through the courtiers.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Pharaoh
פַּרְעֹ֑ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

replied,
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Go up
עֲלֵ֛ה (‘ă·lêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and bury
וּקְבֹ֥ר (ū·qə·ḇōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

your father,
אָבִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

he made you swear [to do].”
הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃ (hiš·bî·‘e·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear


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