And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Genesis — 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.
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And Joseph fell upon his father's face,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
- The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, the buck-thorn. 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl-mı̂tsrayı̂m, Abel-Mitsraim, mourning of Mizraim, or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records the burial of Jacob and the death of Joseph, and so completes the history of the chosen family, and the third bible for the instruction of man. Gen 50:1-3 After the natural outburst of sorrow for his deceased parent, Joseph gave orders to embalm the body, according to the custom of Egypt. His servants, the physicians. As the grand vizier of Egypt, he has physicians in his retinue.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
The departed soul is out of the reach of our tears and kisses, but with them it is proper to show our respect to the poor body, of which we look for a glorious and joyful resurrection. Thus Joseph showed his faith in God, and love to his father, by kissing his pale and cold lips, and so giving an affectionate farewell.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, 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.
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And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
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The verses this one reaches10
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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!”
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.
Jesus wept.
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
