George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 50:1
Kissing him, as it was then the custom, in testimony of an ardent affection. (Menochius)
Kissing him, as it was then the custom, in testimony of an ardent affection. (Menochius)
CHAPTER L _Joseph bewails the death of his father, and commands the_ _physicians to embalm him_, 1, 2. _The Egyptians mourn for him seventy days_, 3. _Joseph begs permission from Pharaoh to accomp...
- 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...
CHAPTER 50 THE BURIAL OF JACOB AND JOSEPH'S RETURN AND DEATH _ 1. The grief of Joseph (Genesis 50:1)_ 2. The burial (Genesis 50:4) 3. The return to Egypt (Genesis 50:14) 4. The death of Joseph ...
GENESIS 49:28 _ b_ - GENESIS 50:13. DEATH AND BURIAL OF JACOB. Genesis 49:28 _b_ - Genesis 49:33;...
AND JOSEPH FELL UPON HIS FATHER'S FACE— Thus what God had promised, ch. Genesis 46:4. that Joseph _should close his father's eyes,_ was fulfilled: and after having performed this last and tender offic...
PART FORTY-SEVEN THE LAST DAYS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH (Genesis 48:1 to Genesis 50:26) The Biblical Account 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick:...
_AND JOSEPH FELL UPON HIS FATHER'S FACE, AND WEPT UPON HIM, AND KISSED HIM._ Joseph fell upon his father's face ... On him, as the principal member of the family, devolved the duty of closing the eye...
THE BURIAL OF JACOB, AND DEATH OF JOSEPH 2. For the importance attached by the Egyptians to the preservation of the corpse see on Genesis 40:19. The process, which was so thorough that mummies of Jose...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 50 JOSEPH BURIES HIS FATHER V1 Then Joseph bent himself down over his father’s face. He wept over him and he kissed him. V2 And Joseph told his s...
וַ יִּפֹּ֥ל יֹוסֵ֖ף עַל ־פְּנֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו וַ
JACOB'S LAST DIRECTIONS AND DEATH Genesis 49:28; Genesis 50:1 Jacob gave a final charge as to his burial in Machpelah-that his dust at least should be there to welcome his children and children's chi...
Here we have a strange and wonderful sight. Jacob was buried with Egyptian pomp, yet in the land of promise. Thus, at last, after a career checkered from the beginning, Jacob entered into his rest. Th...
JOSEPH'S FINAL DAYS Joseph had experienced Egyptians embalm Jacob's body, which took forty days. For seventy days, the Egyptians mourned Jacob's death. Joseph asked Pharaoh to allow him to take his fa...
CONTENTS This Chapter which concludes the book of Genesis, concludes with it the account of the last tokens of respect shown to the Patriarch Jacob's remains. He is embalmed by the physicians of Egypt...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
1._And Joseph fell upon his father’s face_. In this chapter, what happened after the death of Jacob, is briefly related. Moses, however, states that Jacob’s death was honored with a double mourning —...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 48, 49, AND 50. Lastly, in chapter 48 besides the prophetical character important in the history of Israel we see Joseph as heir; the double portion (mark of...
AND JOSEPH FELL UPON HIS FATHER'S FACE,.... Laid his own face to the cold face and pale cheeks of his dead father, out of his tender affection for him, and grief at parting with him; this shows that J...
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. Ver. 1. And Joseph fell upon his father's face.] As willing to have wept him alive again, if possible; yet more moderate tha...
_Joseph fell upon his father's face_ Having first, no doubt, closed his eyes, according as God had promised that he should; _and wept upon him, and kissed_ His pale and cold lips, thus manifesting his...
1 The mourning for Iacob. 4 Ioseph getteth leaue of Pharaoh to goe to bury him. 7 The funerall. 15 Ioseph comforteth his brethren, who craued his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generat...
THE MOURNING FOR JACOB...
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him, an evidence of deep, almost uncontrollable sorrow....
ELEVENTH SECTION _Joseph’s mourning. Jacob’s burial in Canaan. The brothers’ dread of Joseph. His word of peace and trust for them. Joseph’s last provision for his own return home to Canaan after dea...
JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to buria...
1-6 Though pious relatives and friends have lived to a good old age, and we are confident they are gone to glory, yet we may regret our own loss, and pay respect to their memory by lamenting them. Gr...
GENESIS CHAPTER 50 Joseph bewails his father's death; and embalms him, GENESIS 50:1,2. The Egyptians mourn for him seventy days, GENESIS 50:3. Joseph with Pharaoh's leave carries him stately accompani...
On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
Genesis 50:1 Joseph H3130 fell H5307 (H8799) fathers H1 face H6440 wept H1058 (H8799) kissed H5401 ...
THE BURIAL OF JACOB IN CANAAN (50:1-13). Genesis 50:1 ‘And Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father,...
CONTENTS: Jacob's burial. Joseph's death. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers. CONCLUSION: As it is an honor to die lamented, so it is a duty to honor the dead who have been useful in the Lord. Sinc...
Genesis 50:2. _The physicians embalmed Israel._ The Egyptians in early times built pyramids to contain their dead, and they preserved them from putrefaction by balsomic paste. This was performed by ph...
_Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father_ THE HONOUR PAID TO THE DEPARTED JACOB: I. PRIVATE. 1. The tears of his family. 2. The respect paid to last wishes. II. PUBLIC....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 50:1 Jacob’s body was EMBALMED so that it could be transported to Hebron. The SEVENTY DAYS of mourning reflects Egyptian royal practice. Jacob is being shown great honor....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:2. The physicians.] The Egyptians had special physicians for each disease; the embalmers forming a class by themselves.— GENESIS 50:3. MOURNED FOR HIM THREE SCORE AND TEN...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 50:1 AND JOSEPH FELL UPON HIS FATHER'S FACE, AND WEPT UPON HIM, AND KISSED HIM. Joseph had no doubt closed the eyes of his revered and beloved parent, as God had promised to the pa...
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and he wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days...
fell. Genesis 46:4 Deuteronomy 6:7 Deuteronomy 6:8 Ephesians 6:4 wept....
And Joseph fell upon his father's face and wept upon him, and kissed him — Joseph shewed his faith in God, and love to his father, by kissing his pale and cold lips, and so giving an affectionate fare...