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Genesis 50
Genesis 50
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 embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.
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.
Commentary · verses 1-3
4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor 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.
6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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.
6And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
Commentary · verses 4-6
Joseph used an "if/then" statement to get Pharaoh's permission.
7And 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, 8and 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.
9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
7And 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,
8And 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.
9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10And 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.
11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Commentary · verses 7-11
"Abel-mizraim" meant "meadow of Egypt."
12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Commentary · verses 12-13
Jacob was buried in the same place as his father (Isaac) and grandfather (Abraham).
14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
Commentary · verses 16-17
They confessed they did evil to Joseph.
18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Commentary · verses 21-22
Joseph lived 110 years, sixty-six years after the famine. Life expectancy had consistently decreased since the Flood.
23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.
23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
Commentary · verse 23
The following verse was referenced in Hebrews 11:22 as proof that Joseph was an example of faith to us.
24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
26So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Commentary · verses 24-26
This concluded the Book of Genesis. This book covered four dispensations: Eden, Pre-Flood, Post-Flood, Abraham. The rest of the Old Testament covered the next dispensation: The Law. Paul stated the reason God gave the Law was because people did not know what sin was. Notice, there were no policemen and no courts in the Book of Genesis. When we realize people were living in an essentially lawless society, the events of the Book of Genesis begin to make more sense. Abraham lied about Sarah not being his wife because he lived among people who did not know it was wrong to take her from him. Laban changed Jacob's wages ten times. Why did Jacob not sue Laban? or call the police? Abraham, himself, had to raise an army to rescue Lot. One way to view the people of the Book of Genesis is to assume everyone was evil and doing whatever they wanted in the moment...and only the lines from Enoch to Noah, and Abraham to Joseph demonstrated the ability to (sometimes) act apart from the desire to live in the moment. It was almost as if the Book of Genesis documented how people handled conflict in the absence of commonly accessible guidance that looked long term. We have seen the fundamental human response.
Commentary · verse 26
Another perspective of this first book of the Bible is to realize the rest of the Bible was covered in the Book of Genesis. What we have seen was every possible community (interaction between three or more people) involving husbands, wives, kings, handmaids, fathers-in-law, good sons, bad sons, sons-in-law, angels, etc. The only profitable community was at Babel and God broke them up because they focused on the physical. Every other time three or more people interacted in the Book of Genesis, it resulted in destruction. As we look at the rest of the Bible, we will contrast the event with the story in the Book of Genesis that presented the fundamental human response. However, the Book of Genesis was written by Moses hundreds of years after these events and was the first of five books that made up the first section of the Old Testament known as "The Torah." The Book of Genesis documented God's blessings/provision and man's rejection. We have seen the 4th Dispensation also failed to cause people to pursue God. The next book documented the circumstances that led to the end of the 4th Dispensation and the beginning of the 5th Dispensation.
The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days. They also embalmed him according to Egyptian techniques.