50:4 When the days of mourning 1 had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, 2 “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh, 3 50:5 ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, 4 “I am about to die. Bury me 5 in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’” 50:6 So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.” 6
50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him – the senior courtiers 7 of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt, 50:8 all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen. 50:9 Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage. 8
1 tn Heb “weeping.”
2 tn Heb “the house of Pharaoh.”
3 tn Heb “in the ears of Pharaoh.”
4 tn Heb “saying.”
5 tn The imperfect verbal form here has the force of a command.
7 tn Heb “he made you swear on oath.”
10 tn Or “dignitaries”; Heb “elders.”
13 tn Heb “camp.”