King James Version

Genesis 50:6

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

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…פַּרְעֹ֑הparoPharaohפַּרְעֹהnoun, proper name — “Pharaoh”H6547Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kingsPharaoh.עֲלֵ֛הalehascend upעָלָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, a commandH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…וּקְבֹ֥רuqevorand buryקָבַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and bury”, a commandH6912to inter[idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אָבִ֖יךָavikhafatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָhishbiekhaswearשָׁבַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “swear”, a completed actionH7650to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and Pharaoh saith, 'Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

World English Bible

Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Pharao said to Joseph, Go up, bury thy father, as he constrained thee to swear.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ, ἀνάβηθι, θάψον τὸν πατέρα σου, καθάπερ ὥρκισέ σε.