Genesis 50:7

So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao's house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

In Context

6And Pharao said to him: Go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear.

8And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen.

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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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