Translation commentary on Genesis 50:14

In verse 14 Joseph appears again as the leading figure.

After he had buried his father: the Hebrew text says “Joseph returned and his brothers and all those who went with him to bury his father after he buried his father.” Hebrew Old Testament Text Project rates “to bury his father … buried his father” as an {A} and supports Revised Standard Version‘s rendering, which improves on the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project model. However, Good News Translation, which replaces the final “to bury his father” with “for the funeral,” is a better English language model.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

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