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Genesis 50:2

50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

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Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. mourned: Heb. wept

What does Genesis 50:2 mean?

Genesis 50:2 is a verse in the book of Genesis, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹסֵף (Yôwçêph), צָוָה (tsâvâh), עֶבֶד (ʻebed). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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JosephיוֹסֵףYôwçêph/yo-safe'/H3130Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
commandedצָוָהtsâvâh/tsaw-vaw'/H6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
his
servantsעֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
the
physiciansרָפָאrâphâʼ/raw-faw'/H7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
to
embalmחָנַטchânaṭ/khaw-nat'/H2590to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen
his
father:אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
and
the
physiciansרָפָאrâphâʼ/raw-faw'/H7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
embalmedחָנַטchânaṭ/khaw-nat'/H2590to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen
Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Commentary on Genesis 50:2

HENRY_FULL · Genesis 50:2
15-21 . IV. The age and death of Joseph, ver. 22-26 . Thus the book of Genesis, which began with the origin of light and life, ends with nothing but death and darkness; so sad a change has sin made. The Burial of Jacob. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those w

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Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

2 Chronicles 16:14

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. had made: Heb. had digged

Matthew 26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

Mark 16:1

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Luke 24:1

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

John 12:7

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

John 19:39

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

John 19:40

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Genesis 50:2.

2 Chronicles 25:3

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. established: Heb. confirmed upon him

2 Chronicles 33:8

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

2 Chronicles 34:20

And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, Abdon: or, Achbor

Esther 3:2

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

Ezra 9:11

Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. by: Heb. by the hand of from: Heb. from mouth to mouth

Nehemiah 1:7

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Nehemiah 1:8

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Nehemiah 9:14

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

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What does Genesis 50:2 say?

Genesis 50:2 (King James Version) reads: "And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel."

Is Genesis 50:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Genesis 50:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Genesis.

Who wrote the book of Genesis?

The book of Genesis is traditionally attributed to Moses.

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