Genesis 50:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
my father made me swear an oath when he said, I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

Young's Literal Translation
My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;’

King James Bible
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

Hebrew
my father
אָבִ֞י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

made me swear an oath
הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי (hiš·bî·‘a·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

when he said,
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘I
אָנֹכִי֮ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am about to die.
מֵת֒ (mêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

You must bury me
תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִי (tiq·bə·rê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

in the tomb
בְּקִבְרִ֗י (bə·qiḇ·rî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6913: A grave, sepulcher

that
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I dug
כָּרִ֤יתִי (kā·rî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

for myself in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Canaan.’
כְּנַ֔עַן (kə·na·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

Now
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

let me go
אֶֽעֱלֶה־ (’e·‘ĕ·leh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and bury
וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה (wə·’eq·bə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

my father,
אָבִ֖י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

and then return.”
וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ (wə·’ā·šū·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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