Chuàngshìjì 50:1

1 Yūesè fú zaì tā fùqin de miàn shàng āikū , yǔ tā qīnzuǐ.

Chuàngshìjì 50:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:1

And Joseph fell upon his father's face
Laid his own face to the cold face and pale cheeks of his dead father, out of his tender affection for him, and grief at parting with him; this shows that Joseph had been present from the time his father sent for him, and all the while he had been blessing the tribes, and giving orders about his funeral:

and wept upon him;
which to do for and over the dead is neither unlawful nor unbecoming, provided it is not carried to excess, as the instances of David, Christ, and others show:

and kissed him;
taking his farewell of him, as friends used to do, when parting and going a long journey, as death is. This was practised by Heathens, who had a notion that the soul went out of the body by the mouth, and they in this way received it into themselves: so Augustus Caesar died in the kisses of Livia, and Drusius in the embraces and kisses of Caesar ^F23. Joseph no doubt at this time closed the eyes of his father also, as it is said he should, and as was usual; see ( Genesis 46:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Vid. Kirchman. de Funer. Rom. l. 1. c. 5.

Chuàngshìjì 50:1 In-Context

1 Yūesè fú zaì tā fùqin de miàn shàng āikū , yǔ tā qīnzuǐ.

2 Yūesè fēnfu cìhou tāde yīshēng yòng xiāngliào xūn tā fùqin , yīshēng jiù yòng xiāngliào xūn le Yǐsèliè .

3 Xūn shī de chánglì shì sì shí tiān . nà sì shí tiān mǎn le , Āijí rén wèi tā āikū le qī shí tiān .

4 Wèi tā āikū de rìzi guò le , Yūesè duì fǎlǎo jiā zhōng de rén shuō , wǒ ruò zaì nǐmen yǎnqián mĕng ēn , qǐng nǐmen bàogào fǎlǎo shuō ,

5 Wǒ fùqin yào sǐ de shíhou jiào wǒ qǐshì shuō , nǐ yào jiāng wǒ zàng zaì Jiānán dì , zaì wǒ wèi zìjǐ suǒ jué de fùnmù lǐ . xiànzaì qiú nǐ ràng wǒ shàng qù zàng wǒ fùqin , yǐhòu wǒ bì huí lái .