Genesis 50:4-5

New International Version

⁴When the days of mourning^(A) had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court,^(B) “If I have found favor in your eyes,^(C) speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, ⁵‘My father made me swear an oath^(D) and said, “I am about to die;^(E) bury me in the tomb I dug for myself^(F) in the land of Canaan.”^(G) Now let me go up and bury my father;^(H) then I will return.’”

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Genesis 50:4-5

King James Version

⁴And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

⁵My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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Genesis 50:4-5

New King James Version

⁴Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to ^(A)the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying, ⁵^(B)‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave ^(C)which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.’ ”

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Genesis 50:4-5

English Standard Version

⁴And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, ^(A)“If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, ⁵‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die: in my tomb ^(B)that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.” Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return.’”

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