Genesis 50:2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Cross References
Genesis 50:26And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Matthew 26:12For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
Mark 16:1And the sabbath being [now] past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.
John 12:7Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:2-7
The Burial of Jacob. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And 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. 4 And 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,… Read the whole commentary →