Gen 50:1 | Clarke | STEP | Joseph bewails the death of his father, and commands the physicians to embalm him, , . The Egyptians mourn for him seventy days, . Joseph begs permission from Pharaoh to accompany his father's corpse to Canaan, , . Pharaoh consents, . Pharaoh's domestics and elders, the elders of Egypt, Joseph and his brethren, with chariots, horsemen, etc., form the funeral procession, . They come to the threshing-floor of Atad, and mourn there seven days, . The Canaanites call the place Abel-Mizraim, . They bury Jacob in the cove of Machpelah, , . Joseph returns to Egypt, . His brethren, fearing his displeasure, send messengers to him to entreat his forgiveness of past wrongs, . They follow, and prostrate themselves before him, and offer to be his servants, . Joseph receives them affectionately, and assures them and theirs of his care and protection, . Joseph and his brethren dwell in Egypt, and he sees the third generation of his children, , . Being about to die, he prophecies the return of the children of Israel from Egypt, , and causes them to swear that they will carry his bones to Canaan, . Joseph dies, aged one hundred and ten years; is embalmed, and put in a coffin in Egypt, . Verse 1 Joseph fell upon his father's face - Though this act appears to be suspended by the unnatural division of this verse from the preceding chapter, yet we may rest assured it was the immediate consequence of Jacob's death.

Genesis 50:1

Introduction

Joseph bewails the death of his father, and commands the physicians to embalm him, Gen 50:1, Gen 50:2. The Egyptians mourn for him seventy days, Gen 50:3. Joseph begs permission from Pharaoh to accompany his father's corpse to Canaan, Gen 50:4, Gen 50:5. Pharaoh consents, Gen 50:6. Pharaoh's domestics and elders, the elders of Egypt, Joseph and his brethren, with chariots, horsemen, etc., form the funeral procession, Gen 50:7-9. They come to the threshing-floor of Atad, and mourn there seven days, Gen 50:10. The Canaanites call the place Abel-Mizraim, Gen 50:11. They bury Jacob in the cove of Machpelah, Gen 50:12, Gen 50:13. Joseph returns to Egypt, Gen 50:14. His brethren, fearing his displeasure, send messengers to him to entreat his forgiveness of past wrongs, Gen 50:15-17. They follow, and prostrate themselves before him, and offer to be his servants, Gen 50:18. Joseph receives them affectionately, and assures them and theirs of his care and protection, Gen 50:19-21. Joseph and his brethren dwell in Egypt, and he sees the third generation of his children, Gen 50:22, Gen 50:23. Being about to die, he prophecies the return of the children of Israel from Egypt, Gen 50:24, and causes them to swear that they will carry his bones to Canaan, Gen 50:25. Joseph dies, aged one hundred and ten years; is embalmed, and put in a coffin in Egypt, Gen 50:26.

Verse 1

Joseph fell upon his father's face - Though this act appears to be suspended by the unnatural division of this verse from the preceding chapter, yet we may rest assured it was the immediate consequence of Jacob's death.