“ And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. ”
- 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...
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according (c) as he made thee swear. (c) Even the infidels would have oaths carried out.
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 50:1-11 in the main from J. The d...
6. And Pharaoh said. We have seen that Joseph adopts a middle course. For he was not willing utterly to fail in his duty; yet, by catching at a pretext founded on the command of his father, h...
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 o...
Jacob Mourned and Buried Genesis 50:4-14 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, whic...
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. T...
How falsely sometimes we calculate! Jacob talked of going down to the grave to his children. But a gracious GOD here permits Jacob's funeral to be followed by all his children. See Genesis 42:38 .
And Pharaoh said ,.... To Joseph, by the courtiers that waited upon him at Joseph's request, who having delivered it to him had this answer: go up, and bury thy father, as he made thee swear ; the...
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. Ver. 6. As he made thee swear. ] Oaths must be religiously kept, even those that are private, betwixt friend and fr...
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 b...
The Burial of Jacob. B. C. 1689. 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon...
The heathens by the light of nature discovered the sacredness of an oath, and the wickedness of perjury.
The Burial of Jacob In Canaan (50:1-13). Genesis 50:1-3 ‘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 f...
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...
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...
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....
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 promis...
The Mourning for Jacob
as he made. Genesis 48:21