Genesis 50:1

And Joseph falls on his father’s face, and weeps over him, and kisses him;

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In The King James Version

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

In Context

2and Joseph commands his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

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Cross References

Genesis 46:4I go down with you to Egypt, and I also certainly bring you up, and Joseph puts his hand on your eyes.”

2 Kings 13:14And Elisha has been sick with his sickness in which he dies, and Joash king of Israel comes down to him and weeps on his face, and says, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen.”

John 11:35Jesus wept.

Ephesians 6:4And the fathers: do not provoke your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition 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 →

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