Genesis 50:1
in Genesis 50Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
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ASV
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
KJV
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
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This verse in Genesis 50
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe 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.
This site's exposition
Joseph fell upon his father's face
on Genesis 50:1-3
Joseph falls on his father's face, weeps over him, and kisses him. The body goes to Egyptian physicians, and the dead man is called Israel. The embalming takes forty days, and Egypt mourns him for seventy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Joseph fell upon his father's face,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Joseph fell upon his father’s face - Though this act appears to be suspended by the unnatural division of this verse from the preceding chapter, yet we may rest assured it was the immediate consequence of Jacob’s death.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
- 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.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפֹּ֥ל | vaiyipol | and he fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| יוֹסֵ֖ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ | vaiyevek | and he wept | H1058 → | 114 times |
| עָלָ֖יו | ʾalav | over him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וַיִּשַּׁק־ | vaiyishak- | and he kissed | H5401 → | 35 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | <to> him |
וַיִּפֹּ֥לand he fell
vaiyipolH5307 →435 times
יוֹסֵ֖ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וַיֵּ֥בְךְּand he wept
vaiyevekH1058 →114 times
עָלָ֖יוover him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וַיִּשַּׁק־and he kissed
vaiyishak-H5401 →35 times
לֽוֹ׃<to> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
it leads to
- Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- Deuteronomy 6:7
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.
- Colossians 3:21
Through
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.
it leads to
- Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
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.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- Daniel 12:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.