Genesis 50:14

14 Then Joseph returned to Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left with him to bury his father.

Genesis 50:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:14

And Joseph returned into Egypt
As he promised he would, ( Genesis 50:5 ) he and his brethren;
the eleven sons of Jacob; for though they had not made the same promise, nor Joseph for them, yet they returned, having left their little ones, flocks and herds, in Egypt: and all that went up with him to bury his father;
the elders and great men of the land of Egypt, with their attendants: after he had buried his father;
in the land of Canaan, which, though given to the seed of Jacob, the time was not come for them to possess it, nor the time of their departure out of Egypt thither, which was to be a good while hence, and after another manner.

Genesis 50:14 In-Context

12 Israel's sons did for him just as he had ordered.

13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hittite.

14 Then Joseph returned to Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left with him to bury his father.

15 When Joseph's brothers realized that their father was now dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible things we did to him?"

16 So they approached Joseph and said, "Your father gave orders before he died, telling us,

Footnotes

• [a]. LXX; MT includes after he buried his father.