Genesis 50:1
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
- KJV
- And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
- WEB
- Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
- ASV
- And Joseph fell upon his father`s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
- DARBY
- And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
- BLB
- And Joseph fell on the face of his father, and he wept over him, and he kissed him.
- ÅB
- Og Josef bøyde seg ned over sin fars ansikt og gråt over ham og kysset ham.
- OTB
- Josef falt over sin fars ansikt, gråt over ham og kysset ham.
- B1930
- Og Josef bøide sig ned over sin fars ansikt og gråt over ham og kysset ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 46:4
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
Read in contextEphesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Read in contextActs 8:2
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
Read in contextGenesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
Read in contextJohn 11:35–38
Jesus wept.
Read in contextMark 5:38–39
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
Read in context2 Kings 13:14
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
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