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His sonsבָנָיוdidוַיַּעֲשׂוּfor himלוֹjustכֵּןasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe had commanded them;צִוָּם
Genesis 50:12
Study it in the app“His sons did for him just as he had commanded them;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 50:12, word by word
- His sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yaasu” appears- he had commanded themצִוָּtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
11When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
12 · This verse (above)
13his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, the field that Abraham bought as a possession for a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, facing Mamre.
To study Genesis 50 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?