Genesis 50:2
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| Overview - Genesis 50 | |
| 1 | The mourning for Jacob. |
| 4 | Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him. |
| 7 | The funeral. |
| 15 | Joseph comforts his brethren, who crave his pardon. |
| 22 | His age. |
| 23 | He sees the third generation of his sons. |
| 24 | He prophesies unto his brethren of their return. |
| 25 | He takes an oath of them concerning his bones. |
| 26 | He dies, and is put into a coffin. |
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Genesis 50:2 (King James Version)
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- the physicians
- The Hebrew {ropheim,} from {rapha,} to heal, is literally the healers, those whose business it was to heal, or restore the body from sickness, by administering proper medicines; and when death took place, to heal or preserve it from decomposition by embalming. The word {chanat,} to embalm, is also used in Arabic to express the reddening of leather; somewhat analogous to our tanning; which is probably the grand principal in embalming.
- embalmed
- 26 ; 2 Chronicles 16:14 ; Matthew 26:12 ; Mark 14:8 ; 16:1 Luke 24:1 ; John 12:7 ; John 19:39 John 19:40