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King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 50:2
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 50:2 Context
1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3And 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. 4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake 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, 5My 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.
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Translation Details for Genesis 50:2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Other Translations for Genesis 50:2
Bible Commentary for Genesis 50:2
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 50:2
50:2 He ordered the body to be embalmed, not only because he died in Egypt, and that was the manner of the Egyptians, but because he was to be carried to Canaan, which would be a work of time.
And Ioseph commanded his seruants the physicians to imbalme his father: and the physicians imbalmed Israel.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.
- Basic English Bible
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Darby Bible
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Webster's Bible
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- World English Bible
and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible