Genesis 50:5-9

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⁵ ‘When my father was near death, ·I made a promise to him [^Lmy father made me swear] that I would bury him in a cave in the land of Canaan, in a burial place that he cut out for himself. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will return.’ ”

⁶ ·The king [^LPharaoh] answered, “·Keep your promise. Go [^LAs he made you swear, go] and bury your father.”

⁷ So Joseph went to bury his father. All ·the king’s officers [^Lservants of Pharaoh], the elders of his ·court [^Lhouse], and all the elders of Egypt went with Joseph. ⁸ ·Everyone who lived with [^LAll the house of] Joseph and his brothers went with him, as well as ·everyone who lived with [^Lall the house of] his father. They left only their ·children [little ones], their flocks, and their herds in the land of Goshen [45:10]. ⁹ They went with Joseph in chariots and on horses. It was a very large ·group [camp].