English Standard Version
Genesis 50:2
2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis 50:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob was embalmed.
Context of Genesis 50:2
1Then Joseph fell on his father's face and wept over him and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. 4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Read all of Genesis 50Genesis 50:2 word by word
וַיְצַ֨ו יוֹסֵ֤ף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו֙ אֶת־הָרֹ֣פְאִ֔ים לַחֲנֹ֖ט אֶת־אָבִ֑יו וַיַּחַנְט֥וּ הָרֹפְאִ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 50:2
- Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
- Matthew 26:12In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.
- Mark 14:8She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.
- Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
- Luke 24:1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
- John 12:7Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.
- John 19:39Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
Commentaries on Genesis 50:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The physicians - רפאים ropheim, the healers, those whose business it was to heal or restore the body from sickness by the administration of proper medicines; and when death took place, to heal or preserve it from dissolution by embalming, and thus give it a sort of immortality or everlasting duration. The original word חנט chanat, which we translate to embalm, has undoubtedly the same meaning with the Arabic hanata, which also signifies to embalm, or to…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Jacob’s body was embalmed for burial in typical Egyptian fashion. Embalming is the process of preserving a body after death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father, &c.--In ancient Egypt the embalmers were a class by themselves. The process of embalmment consisted in infusing a great quantity of resinous substances into the cavities of the body, after the intestines had been removed, and then a regulated degree of heat was applied to dry up the humors, as well as decompose the tarry materials which had been previously introduced. Thirty days were…Read the comment
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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
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