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Genesis 50:12

What does Genesis 50:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 50:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So his sons did as he had given them orders to do:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;

Context

v.11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

v.12This passage

v.13for 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 burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 7:16

    and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

  • Genesis 49:29

    And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

  • Ephesians 6:1

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

  • Exodus 20:12

    Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Genesis 47:29

    And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

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