What does Genesis 50:11 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim,b which is beyond Jordan."
- 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 o...
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 (Ge...
GENESIS 49:28 _ b_ - GENESIS 50:13. DEATH AND BURIAL OF JACOB. Genesis 49:28 _b_ - GENESIS 49:33; GENESIS 50:12 F. are in the main from P; Genesis 50:1 in the main from J. The dying charge requires no...
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 WHEN THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, THE CANAANITES, SAW THE MOURNING IN THE FLOOR OF ATAD, THEY SAID, THIS IS A GRIEVOUS MOURNING TO THE EGYPTIANS: WHEREFORE THE NAME OF IT WAS CALLED ABELMIZRAIM,...
50:11 Abel-Mizraim, (a-35) Lamentation of the Egyptians....
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 Jos...
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 se...
ABEL-MIZRAIM. — There is here an example of that play upon words that is always dear to Orientals. The word for “mourning” is _êbel,_ while _abel_ means a meadow, and is often found prefixed to the na...
וַ יַּ֡רְא יֹושֵׁב֩ הָ אָ֨רֶץ הַֽ כְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת ־הָ אֵ֗בֶל בְּ גֹ֨רֶן֙ הָֽ אָטָ֔ד...
JACOB MOURNED AND BURIED Genesis 50:4 The days of mourning for Jacob were only two less in number than for a king. Three hundred miles were traversed by that splendid funeral cavalcade, which includ...
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 f...
_Mourning: Hebrew, "Ebel Mitsraim beyond the Jordan." On this occasion they fasted till the evening: perhaps they also cut their flesh and plucked their hair, according to the manners of the Egyptians...
Abel-mizraim, that is, the mourning of the Egyptians....
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...
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 WHEN THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, THE CANAANITES,.... Who were at this time in the possession of the country where the threshingfloor of Atad was: when they SAW THE MOURNING IN THE FLOOR OF ATAD;...
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim,...
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...
Jacob is Buried in Canaan...
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 buri...
ABELMIZRAIM: that is, the mourning of the Egyptians...
7-14 Jacob's body was attended, not only by his own family, but by the great men of Egypt. Now that they were better acquainted with the Hebrews, they began to respect them. Professors of religion sho...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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 50:11 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) land H776 Canaanites H3669 saw H7200 (H8799) mourning H60 floor H1637 Atad H329 said H559 (H8799) deep H3515 mourning H60 Egyptians H4714 name H8034 called H712...
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 50:10 Coming to the THRESHING FLOOR OF ATAD, the funeral procession halts to mourn for SEVEN DAYS. The expression BEYOND THE JORDAN could place Atad in either Canaan or Transjo...
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 p...
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...
the Canaanites. Genesis 10:15 Genesis 13:7 Genesis 24:6 Genesis 34:30 Abel-mizraim. i.e., The mourning of the Egyptians. 1 Samuel 6:18 beyond Jordan. Genesis 50:10 Deuteronomy 3:25 Deuteronomy 3:27 De...
The solemn mourning for Jacob gave a name to the place; Abel — mizraim — The mourning of the Egyptians: which served for a testimony against the next generation of the Egyptians, who oppressed the pos...