Genesis 50:14

14 After burying his father, Joseph went back to Egypt. All his brothers who had come with him to bury his father returned with him.

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 Jacob's sons continued to carry out his instructions to the letter.
13 They took him on into Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, the field that Abraham had bought as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
14 After burying his father, Joseph went back to Egypt. All his brothers who had come with him to bury his father returned with him.
15 After the funeral, Joseph's brothers talked among themselves: "What if Joseph is carrying a grudge and decides to pay us back for all the wrong we did him?"
16 So they sent Joseph a message, "Before his death, your father gave this command:
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