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Pharaohפַּרְעֹהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Go upעֲלֵהand buryוּקְבֹרyour father,אֶת אָבִיךָasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe made you swear.”הִשְׁבִּיעֶךָ
Genesis 50:6
Study it in the app“Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 50:6, word by word
- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Go upעֲלֵהale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ale” appears- and buryקְבֹרkevor
bury
Bury.
Where else “kevor” appears- your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- he made you swearהִשְׁבִּיעֶhishbie
put under oath
To make someone swear.
Where else “hishbie” appears
The context
5‘My father made me swear, saying, “Look, I am about to die; in my tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore please let me go up and bury my father, and I will return.’”
6 · This verse (above)
7So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
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?