Genesis 50:1
_Kissing him, as it was then the custom, in testimony of an ardent affection. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kissing him, as it was then the custom, in testimony of an ardent affection. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Physicians, whose business it was to embalm dead bodies, with a composition of myrrh, &c., in order to keep them from putrefaction, (Menochius) as the Egyptian mummies are treated. (Haydock) --- The entrails are taken out, &c., by the embalmer during 30 days, and the body is left in salt and various... [ Continue Reading ]
_Expired. Before the corpse was interred, Joseph could not lay aside his mourning attire, in which it was not lawful to appear at court. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Digged, in the sepulchre which Abraham had purchased. This circumstance, and the exact words here used by Joseph, are not mentioned elsewhere. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ancients; chief officers. (Calmet) --- This is a name of dignity; like our aldermen. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Atad, which was so called, from being encompassed with thorns. (Calmet) --- Beyond; with relation to Moses, (Haydock) or on the west side of the Jordan. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mourning: Hebrew, "Ebel Mitsraim beyond the Jordan." On this occasion they fasted till the evening: perhaps they also cut their flesh and plucked their hair, according to the manners of the Egyptians, which customs (Leviticus xix. 28; Deuteronomy xiv. 1.) were prohibited to the Jews. (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_A message; perhaps by Benjamin. (Menochius) --- They hope thus to obtain pardon for the sake of their deceased father, and for the sake of their common God._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wept, that they should entertain no doubts respecting the reconciliation, which had taken place seventeen years before. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Resist, &c. Hebrew, "Am I not subject to God; or, Am I a God," to oppose his will. Septuagint, "I belong to the Lord." You see that your designs against me have turned to our mutual advantage. Can I, therefore, think of punishing you? Repent, and obtain pardon of God: I certainly forgive you. (Hayd... [ Continue Reading ]
_And ten; consequently he had been governor of all the land eighty years; God having made him abundant recompense, even in this world, for a transient disgrace! (Haydock) --- Knees. Joseph adopted the only son of Machir. See chap. xxx. 3.; or, according to the Samaritan, "in the days of Joseph" he w... [ Continue Reading ]
_Visit you with various persecutions; or will fulfil his promises. --- Carry my bones. He would have them to keep his bones till the time of their departure, as an earnest that they should certainly obtain the land of Chanaan; and thus his bones were visited, and after death, they prophesied, Eccles... [ Continue Reading ]
Embalmed, like the Egyptian momies, or mummies, which is a Persian word, signifying a dried corpse. Some of them are very magnificent, adorned with golden letters and hieroglyphics, various bandages, &c. They are laid in coffins. Some pretend that Joseph was afterwards adored in Egypt, under the nam... [ Continue Reading ]
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