Genesis 50:1
And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father's face weeping and kissing him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
In Context
2And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
Cross References
Genesis 46:4I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.
2 Kings 13:14Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the guider thereof.
John 11:35And Jesus wept.
Ephesians 6:4And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger; but bring them up in 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 →