Genesis 50:6 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And Pharaoh said, 'Go up and bury your father, just as he made you promise.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Pharaoh is giving Joseph permission to leave Egypt and fulfill his promise to bury his father Jacob in the land of his ancestors.

📚 Historical Context

This occurs after Jacob's death in Egypt, where his family had settled during a severe famine. Jacob had made Joseph swear to bury him not in Egypt, but back in the promised land of Canaan with his fathers Abraham and Isaac. Pharaoh's permission was necessary because Joseph held a high position in the Egyptian government and needed official approval to leave the country.

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Genesis 50:5

My father made me promise him, saying, 'Look, I am dying. You must bury me in the grave I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan.' So now please let me go and bury my father, and I will return.

Deuteronomy 7:8

But it was because the LORD loved you, and because he wanted to keep the promise he had made to your ancestors, that the LORD brought you out with his powerful strength, and rescued you from slavery, from the control of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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