Genesis 50:7

_AND JOSEPH WENT UP TO BURY HIS FATHER: AND WITH HIM WENT UP ALL THE SERVANTS OF PHARAOH, THE ELDERS OF HIS HOUSE, AND ALL THE ELDERS OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,_ And Joseph went up to bury his father ... It was a journey of 300 miles. The funeral cavalcade, composed of a large attendance of the nobility and military with their horse-drawn carriages and servants, would exhibit an imposing appearance. THE ELDERS OF HIS HOUSE, AND ALL THE ELDERS OF THE LAND OF EGYPT. The one were the attaches of the court, and the others the officers of state. This distinction, so characteristic of Egyptian usage, is noticed by classical authors. The court of the king was composed of the sons of the most distinguished priests; while the state officers were taken from other orders of society ('Heeren Ideen,' sec. 37)....

7._And Joseph went up_. Moses gives a full account of the burial. What he relates concerning the renewed mourning of Joseph and his brethren, as well as of the Egyptians, ought by no means to be established as a rule among ourselves. For we know, that since our flesh has no self government, men commonly exceed bounds both in sorrowing and in rejoicing. The tumultuous glamour, which the inhabitants of the place admired, cannot be excused. And although Joseph had a right end in view, when he fixed the mourning to last through seven successive days, yet this excess was not free from blame. Nevertheless, it was not without reason that the Lord caused this funeral to be thus honorably celebrated: for it was of great consequence that a kind of sublime trophy should be raised, which might transmit to posterity the memory of Jacob’s faith. If he had been buried privately, and in a common manner,...

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 should endeavour by wisdom and love to remove the prejudices many have against them. Standers-by took notice of it as a grievous mourning. The death of good men is a loss to any place, and ought to be greatly lamented....

Verse Genesis 50:7. _THE ELDERS OF HIS HOUSE_] Persons who, by reason of their age, had acquired _much experience_; and who on this account were deemed the best qualified to conduct the affairs of the king's household. Similar to these were the [Anglo-Saxon] _Eldermen_, or _Aldermen_, among our Saxon ancestors, who were _senators_ and _peers_ of the realm. The funeral procession of Jacob must have been truly grand. _Joseph, his brethren_ and their _descendants_, the _servants of_ _Pharaoh_, the _elders of his house_, and _all the elders_-all the principal men, _of the land of Egypt, with chariots_ and _horsemen_, must have appeared a _very great company_ indeed. We have seen LORDS, for their _greater honour_, buried at _the public expense_; and all the male branches of the royal family

- 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 After the natural outburst of sorrow for his deceased parent, Joseph gave orders to embalm the body, according to the custom of Egypt. “His servants, the physicians.” As the grand vizier of Egypt, he has physicians in his retinue. The classes and functions of the physicians in Egy

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 patriarch that he would (Genesis 46:4), and now, in demonstration both of the intensity of his love and of the bitterness of his sorrow, he sinks upon the couch upon which the lifeless form is lying, bonding over the pallid countenance with warm tears, and imprinting kisses of affection on the cold and irresponsive lip. It is neither unnatural nor irreligious to mourn for the dead; and he must be callous indeed who can see a parent die without an outburst of tender grief....

AND JOSEPH WENT UP TO BURY HIS FATHER,.... According to his request; having obtained leave of Pharaoh, and being desirous of paying his last respects, and doing his last office to so dear a parent, with all the honour and decency this service could be done with: AND WITH HIM WENT UP ALL THE SERVANTS OF PHARAOH; a great number of them, some must be left to wait upon him; who these were the next words explain: THE ELDERS OF HIS HOUSE: his senators and counsellors, his courtiers and principal officers of state: AND ALL THE ELDERS OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; governors of provinces and cities, the chief officers, civil and military; all which was done by the orders of Pharaoh, out of respect to Joseph and his family, and to make the funeral procession grand and honourable....

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 50:24) This great book which begins with the perfect and good creation of God ends with a burial and the last words are “a coffin in Egypt.” What havoc sin has wrought. Jacob died 147 years old and after his body was embalmed was carried to Canaan. Read in connection with Joseph's death Exodus 13:19,...

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 comment. The body is embalmed simply because burial could not be immediate; the motive for the Egyptian practice was that the body might be preserved for the _ka_ or double to reanimate it. Joseph does not make his request for leave

ALL THE SERVANTS OF PHARAOH— _All_ may be put here, as Matthew 3:5 for a great number; the major part; all the principal officers of the court. _The elders of his house, i.e._. the persons of first dignity, a title of honour used, 2 Sam. Genesis 12:17. and so in various languages, _senator, senior, signior, signeur,_ are used as titles of distinction: so our first Saxon ancestors gave the name _ealder-man_ to a governor of a province, as we do now to a magistrate of a city. Thus _the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of AEgypt,_ signify, persons of the first authority and dignity, both in court and country. With these went all the family of Jacob, and a numerous cavalcade of chariots and horsemen,...