Genesis 50:2
Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians, to embalm his father,—so the physicians embalmed Israel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Joseph fell upon the face of his father, and wept upon him and kissed him.
Cross References
Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old,—and they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.
Matthew 26:12For, she, pouring this perfume upon my body, so as to prepare me for burial, did it.
Mark 16:1And, the Sabbath having passed, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint him.
John 12:7Jesus, therefore, said—Let her alone, that, for the day of my burial, she may observe it;
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 →