and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t pass over your servant.
Genesis 50:4 - Y'all Version Bible When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in y’all’s eyes, will y’all please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 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. |
and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t pass over your servant.
Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
‘My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die. You are to bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”
He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.