Genesis 50:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And 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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And when the days of his weeping and deep grief were past, Joseph said to [the nobles of] the house of Pharaoh, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, to Pharaoh [for Joseph was dressed in mourning and could not do so himself], saying,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Common English Bible

⁴ After the period of mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s household: “If you approve my request, give Pharaoh this message:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And when the time for mourning was fulfilled, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharaoh: "If I have found favor in your sight, speak to the ears of Pharaoh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And the time of the mourning being expired, Joseph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao.

Genesis 50:4 Cross References

Genesis 18:3

and said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.

Genesis 50:3

forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father; then I will return.”

Esther 4:2

he went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.