Genesis 50:1
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 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.
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 thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:13
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Read in contextEphesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Read in contextActs 8:2
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Read in contextGenesis 23:2
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Read in contextJohn 11:35–38
Jesus wept.
Read in contextMark 5:38–39
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
Read in context2 Kings 13:14
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
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