Genesis 50:2
and he comaundide hise seruauntis, lechis, that thei schulden anoynte the fadir with swete smellynge spiceries.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
1Which thing Joseph seiy, and felde on `the face of the fader, and wepte, and kiste hym;
Cross References
Matthew 26:12This womman sendynge this oynement in to my bodi, dide to birie me.
Mark 16:1And whanne the sabat was passid, Marie Maudeleyne, and Marie of James, and Salomee bouyten swete smellynge oynementis, to come and to anoynte Jhesu.
John 12:7Therfor Jhesus seide, Suffre ye hir, that in to the day of my biriyng sche kepe that;
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 →