Genesis 50:2
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
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1Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
Cross References
Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Matthew 26:12For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was past, Miriam Magdalene, and Miriam the mother of Jacob, and Shalom bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
John 12:7But Yeshua said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this 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 →