And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)