Genesis 50:6

New Century Version

The king answered, “Keep your promise. Go and bury your father.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look at me; I am about to die. But God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 50:5

‘When my father was near death, I made a promise to him 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.’ ”

Genesis 50:7

So Joseph went to bury his father. All the king’s officers, the elders of his court, and all the elders of Egypt went with Joseph.