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Genesis 50:2 KJV
Genesis · chapter 50 · verse 2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.Genesis 50:2 · King James Version
Genesis 50:2 in context
1And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
4And 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,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- physiciansrâphâʼproperly, to mendH7495 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- embalmchânaṭto spiceH2590 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
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Joseph is here paying his last respects to his deceased father. 1. With tears and kisses, and all the tender expressions of a filial affection, he takes leave of the deserted body, Gen 50:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6