Tree of Life Version
Genesis 50:4
4When the days of formal weeping passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s house saying, “If I’ve found favor in your eyes, please say in Pharaoh’s ears,
Genesis 50:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
Context of Genesis 50:4
2Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. 3They took 40 days for him, because that is how long embalming takes, and Egypt wept 70 days. When the days of formal weeping passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s house saying, “If I’ve found favor in your eyes, please say in Pharaoh’s ears, 5“My father made me take an oath saying, ‘Behold, I am about to die. In my tomb—which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan—there you must bury me.’ So now, please allow me to go up and bury my father, and then return.” 6Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father just as he made you swear on oath.”
Read all of Genesis 50Genesis 50:4 word by word
וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י בְכִית֔וֹ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶל־בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֕א בְּאָזְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of his mourningבְּכִיתbekîyth · weepingH1068
- were pastעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
- spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- unto the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- If now I have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
- in your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- I pray you, in the earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · ear: to earsH241
Cross-references for Genesis 50:4
- Genesis 50:10When they came to the threshing floor of the bramble on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there—a very great and solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
- Esther 4:2He went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one could enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.
- Genesis 18:3Then he said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass by your servant.
Commentaries on Genesis 50:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh - But why did not Joseph apply himself? Because he was now in his mourning habits, and in such none must appear in the presence of the eastern monarchs. See Esther 4:2.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-26Verses 1-26 - The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl -mı̂tsrayı̂m Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records the burial of Jacob and the death of Joseph, and so completes the history of the chosen family, and the third bible for the instruction of man. Genesis 50:1-3 After the natural outburst of sorrow for his deceased parent, Joseph gave orders to embalm the body…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Joseph needed Pharaoh’s permission to leave his official duties for a short time. He wanted to bury his father in Canaan. Pharaoh quickly gave permission to Joseph, who had once been a slave.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, &c.--Care was taken to let it be known that the family sepulchre was provided before leaving Canaan and that an oath bound his family to convey the remains thither. Besides, Joseph deemed it right to apply for a special leave of absence; and being unfit, as a mourner, to appear in the royal presence, he made the request through the medium of others.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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