Genesis 50:2 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 50:2

And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

KJV

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The physicians - רפאים ropheim, the healers, those whose business it was to heal or restore the body from sickness by the administration of proper medicines; and when death took place, to heal or preserve it from dissolution by embalming, and thus give it a sort of immortality or everlasting duration. The original word חנט chanat, which we translate to embalm, has undoubtedly the same meaning with the Arabic hanata, which also signifies to embalm, or to preserve from putrefaction by the application of spices, etc., and hence hantat, an embalmer.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thirty days were alloted for the completion of this process; forty more were spent in anointing it with spices; the body, tanned from this operation, being then washed, was wrapped in numerous folds of linen cloth--the joinings of which were fastened with gum, and then it was deposited in a wooden chest made in the form of a human figure.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְצַ֨ו	vay.Tzav	and he commanded	H6680 →
יוֹסֵ֤ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲבָדָיו֙	'a.va.Dav	servants his	H5650 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרֹ֣פְאִ֔ים	ha.Ro.fe.'Im	the physicians	H7495 →
לַחֲנֹ֖ט	la.cha.Not	to embalm	H2590 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָבִ֑יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
וַיַּחַנְט֥וּ	vai.ya.chan.Tu	and they embalmed	H2590 →
הָרֹפְאִ֖ים	ha.ro.fe.'Im	the physicians	H7495 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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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.

Through
Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
leads to
- Luke 23:56
  Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 14:8
  She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 28:1–10
  After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- John 20:1–10
  Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
- Mark 15:40
  And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
Through
2 Chronicles 16:14
And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;…
leads to
- Mark 16:1
  When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 21:19
  This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire…
Through
Matthew 26:12
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
leads to
- John 12:7
  “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

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Where the connections lead

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