Genesis 50:2
Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Jacob;
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In Context
1Joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
3and forty days were devoted to it, for this is the full period for embalming.
Cross References
Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Matthew 26:12In pouring this perfume on my body, she prepares me for my burial.
Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices, so that they might go and anoint the body of Jesus.
John 12:7“Leave her alone,” said Jesus, “so that she may keep it until the day when my body is being prepared for 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 →