Genesis 50:12

Modern

So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.

Traditional

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

Literal

And his sons did for him so, as he had commanded them.

Latin

Fecerunt ergo filii Jacob sicut præceperat eis:

Hebrew

English

So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.

This journey to Canaan was a sorrowful one, because they went there to bury a man. The next journey into the land would be to live there.

Theme notes and profiles

Acts 7:16
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
Genesis 49:29–32
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Genesis 47:29–31
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.