Bible Commentary

And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 10. the threshing-floor of Atad ] Goren-ha-Atad, a threshing-floor of “the thornbush,” or “bramble” (Jdg 9:14-15). The place is nowhere else referred … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:10”

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. 9. chariots and horsemen ] A strange element in a burial procession, and one which it would be hard to illustrate from the records of Egypt. Possibly, we are intended to consider them in the light of a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:9”

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. And such as were necessary to take care of them, which must needs be understood. Chariots and horsemen, for their defence, in case of any … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:8”

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, 7. all the servants of Pharaoh ] The very ample description of the Egyptian attendants at the funeral of Jacob is evidently intended … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:7”

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. The heathens by the light of nature discovered the sacredness of an oath, and the wickedness of perjury. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole And Pharaoh said,…. To Joseph, by the courtiers that waited upon him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:6”

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 5. have digged ] or, bought. Both meanings are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:5”

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 4. unto the house of Pharaoh ] Joseph does not speak to Pharaoh personally, but to the court officials. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:4”

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. 3. forty days ] Herod. ii. 86 mentions 70 days, and Diodorus (i. 72) mentions 72 days as the time required for the process of embalming. threescore … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:3”

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 2. the physicians ] LXX ; Lat. medici. By this expression we should probably understand “the guild of embalmers” ( , Herod. ii. 86), a large and influential class in Egypt, who, with an expert knowledge of the body … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:2”

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 1. And Joseph ] For Joseph’s strong affection for his father, cf. Gen 45:3, Gen 46:29. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges – The Burial of Jacob 10. ‘atad Atad, the buck-thorn. 11. ‘abel–mtsraym, Abel-Mitsraim, mourning of Mizraim, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:1”