Genesis 50:2

And he commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

In Context

1And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father's face weeping and kissing him.

3And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mounted for him seventy days.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:12For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.

Mark 16:1And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus.

John 12:7Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my 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 →

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