New English Translation
Genesis 50:2
2Joseph instructed the physicians in his service 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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Context of Genesis 50:2
1Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him. Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. 3They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. 4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,
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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 at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
- Matthew 26:12When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- Mark 14:8She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
- Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
- Luke 24:1Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
- John 12:7So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
- John 19:39Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.
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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