Genesis 50:1
Joseph, realizing this, fell upon his father’s face, weeping and kissing him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
In Context
2And he instructed his servant physicians to embalm his father with aromatics.
Cross References
Genesis 46:4I will descend with you to that place, and I will lead you back from there, returning. Also, Joseph will place his hands over your eyes.
2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was sick of the infirmity from which he also died. And Joash, the king of Israel, descended to him. And he was weeping before him, and saying: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its driver!”
John 11:35And Jesus wept.
Ephesians 6:4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:1
Here is, I. The preparation for Jacob's funeral, ver. 1-6 . II. The funeral itself, ver. 7-14 . III. The settling of a good understanding between Joseph and his brethren after the death of Jacob, ver. 15-21 . IV. The age and death of Joseph, ver. 22-26 . Thus the book of Genesis, which began with the origin of light and life, ends with nothing but death and darkness; so sad a change has sin made. Read the whole commentary →