Genesis 50:26

Genesis 50:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Context of Genesis 50:26

24Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I will soon die. But God will come to you and he will help you. He will take you out of Egypt. He will take you back to the land that he promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ 25He also said, ‘God will help you to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones away from here.’ Joseph made the other sons of Israel promise that they would do that. So Joseph died when he was 110 years old. They put special oil on his body so that it would not become spoiled. Then they put his body in a box there in Egypt.

Genesis 50:26 word by word

וַיָּ֣מָת יוֹסֵ֔ף בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִ֑ים וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם בָּאָר֖וֹן בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and they embalmedחָנַטchânaţ · to spiceH2590
• him, and he was putיָשַׂםyâώam · to putH3455
• in a coffinאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Genesis 50:26

• Genesis 50:22Joseph lived in Egypt, together with his father's family. He lived for 110 years.
• Genesis 47:9Jacob replied, ‘I have been alive for 130 years. My years have been few, and they have been difficult. I have not lived for as long as my ancestors lived.’
• Joshua 24:29After this, the Lord's servant, Joshua, son of Nun, died at the age of 110.
• Genesis 50:2Then Joseph told some of his servants to take Jacob's body. They knew how to put special oil on the body so that it would not become spoiled. Joseph's servants did what he told them to do.

Commentaries on Genesis 50:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old - שנים ועשר מאה בן ben meah vaeser shanim ; literally, the son of a hundred and ten years. Here the period of time he lived is personified, all the years of which it was composed being represented as a nurse or father, feeding, nourishing, and supporting him to the end. This figure, which is termed by rhetoricians prosopopaeia, is very frequent in Scripture; and by this virtues, vices, forms, attributes, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-26Verses 1-26 - The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl -mı̂tsrayı̂m Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records the burial of Jacob and the death of Joseph, and so completes the history of the chosen family, and the third bible for the instruction of man. Genesis 50:1-3 After the natural outburst of sorrow for his deceased parent, Joseph gave orders to embalm the body…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-26Verses 22-26 Joseph having honoured his father, his days were long in the land, which, for the present, God had given him. When he saw his death approaching, he comforted his brethren with the assurance of their return to Canaan in due time. We must comfort others with the same comforts with which we have been comforted of God, and encourage them to rest on the promises which are our support. For a confession of his own faith, and a confirmation of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Joseph’s death signified the end of his generation (see study notes on 25:7–8; 35:1–29) and of the patriarchal age. From this point forward, God dealt with Israel as a nation. • Joseph’s body stayed in Egypt as a symbol of hope for slaves awaiting the promised land (see Exodus 13:19; Hebrews 11:39–40). They eventually buried him in Shechem (see Joshua 24:32), where Jacob had originally sent him (Genesis 37:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. and they embalmed him--[See on Ge 50:2]. His funeral would be conducted in the highest style of Egyptian magnificence and his mummied corpse carefully preserved till the Exodus.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 50:26

• Coffin
• Egyptians
• Embalming
• Joseph
• Longevity

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
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Commentaries on Genesis 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings