Bible Strands
Genesis 50:14
After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Joseph’s movements to his brothers and the accompanying retinue immediately after Jacob’s interment in Canaan and before the brothers’ sudden anxiety about Joseph’s potential retaliation.
The words — וַ/יָּ֨שָׁב (va/i.Ya.shov) = and he went back and הָ/עֹלִ֥ים (ha./'o.Lim) = those who had gone up.
The thread — The return to Egypt after a Canaanite burial recurs in the patriarchal cycle, echoing the journey to Machpelah noted in Genesis 50:13 and the subsequent political tension in Genesis 50:15.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of Joseph’s immediate compliance with the burial rite and his prompt departure, establishing the factual baseline before the brothers’ fear and the narrative’s next moral test.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.