Genesis 50:2

Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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

In Context

1Then Joseph was so distressed that he collapsed on the face of his father, and he wept over him, and he kissed him.

3They took forty days, for that was the full time for embalming. The Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, 110 years old. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Matthew 26:12For when she poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

Mark 16:1When the Sabbath day was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices that they might come and anoint Jesus' body.

John 12:7Jesus said, “Allow her to keep what she has for 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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