Genesis 50:4-9

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 

[50:4]  ¹ tn Heb “weeping.”

[50:4]  ² tn Heb “the house of Pharaoh.”

[50:4]  ³ tn Heb “in the ears of Pharaoh.”

[50:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

[50:5]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form here has the force of a command.

[50:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “he made you swear on oath.”

[50:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “dignitaries”; Heb “elders.”

[50:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “camp.”