Genesis 50:2
and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;
Cross References
Genesis 50:26And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.
Matthew 26:12for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].
Mark 16:1And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,
John 12:7Jesus, therefore, said, 'Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept 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 →