King James Version
Genesis 50:14 in the King James Version says “And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had bur...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.”
Genesis 50:14 · KJV
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, sent: Heb. charged
KJV Study — Public Domain
“returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he and his brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all that went up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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