Genesis 50:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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, ”

Genesis 50:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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...
Genesis 50:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 50:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 50:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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, The elders of his house - Persons who, by re...
Genesis 50:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 fir...
Genesis 50:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 fathe...
Genesis 50:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 50:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Genesis 50:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 50:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 .
Genesis 50:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
Genesis 50:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, Ver. 7. And with him went up all the serv...
Genesis 50:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 50:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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, 8 And all the house of Joseph, a...
Genesis 50:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the servants, i.e. a great number of them, as that word is understood, Matthew 3:5 , and oft elsewhere. For many of them were aged and infirm, and many could not be spared from their attenda...
Genesis 50:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 50:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 50:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 50:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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....
Genesis 50:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Genesis 50:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, the most prominent court and state officials...
Genesis 50:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and with him. Genesis 14:16

Genesis 50:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 50:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 50:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 50:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 50:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 50:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 50:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 50:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 50:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 50:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 50:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge