Then he said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass by your servant.
Genesis 50:4 - Tree of Life Version When the days of formal weeping passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s house saying, “If I’ve found favor in your eyes, please say in Pharaoh’s ears, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Then he said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass by your servant.
They took 40 days for him, because that is how long embalming takes, and Egypt wept 70 days.
“My father made me take an oath saying, ‘Behold, I am about to die. In my tomb—which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan—there you must bury me.’ So now, please allow me to go up and bury my father, and then return.”
He went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one could enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.