“And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,”
So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh's officials accompanied him — the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt. The full Egyptian state escort — Pharaoh's officials, dignitaries of his court, all the dignitaries of Egypt — is the honor given to the covenant patriarch's burial. The application: the covenant person's faithfulness to the covenant dead is honored by the surrounding community's participation in the honoring.
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