Genesis 50:2
And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
1And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept on him, and kissed him.
Cross References
Genesis 50:26And Joseph died, aged a hundred and ten years; and they prepared his corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.
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 →