George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 50:4
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)
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)
Verse Genesis 50:4. _SPEAK, I PRAY YOU, IN THE EARS OF PHARAOH_.] But why did not Joseph apply himself? Because he was now in his _mourning_ _habits_, and in such none must appear in the presence of t...
- 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...
CHAPTER 50 THE BURIAL OF JACOB AND JOSEPH'S RETURN AND DEATH _ 1. The grief of Joseph (Genesis 50:1)_ 2. The burial (Genesis 50:4) 3. The return to Egypt (Genesis 50:14) 4. The death of Joseph ...
GENESIS 49:28 _ b_ - GENESIS 50:13. DEATH AND BURIAL OF JACOB. Genesis 49:28 _b_ - Genesis 49:33;...
JOSEPH SPAKE UNTO THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH— Affliction and decorum forbidding Joseph to appear at court during the days of mourning; see Esther 4:1. he addresses himself to the great officers of Pharaoh,...
PART FORTY-SEVEN THE LAST DAYS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH (Genesis 48:1 to Genesis 50:26) The Biblical Account 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick:...
_AND WHEN THE DAYS OF HIS MOURNING WERE PAST, JOSEPH SPAKE UNTO THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH, SAYING, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN YOUR EYES, SPEAK, I PRAY YOU, IN THE EARS OF PHARAOH, SAYING,_ Joseph spake,...
THE BURIAL OF JACOB, AND DEATH OF JOSEPH 2. For the importance attached by the Egyptians to the preservation of the corpse see on Genesis 40:19. The process, which was so thorough that mummies of Jose...
WHEN THE DAYS OF HIS MOURNING WERE PAST] It could not have been that cause which prevented Joseph from going personally to Pharaoh. 'More probably it was not usual to take steps in a matter which pers...
Joseph did not speak to *Pharaoh but he sent a message. We do not know why he did not speak to *Pharaoh himself. Perhaps he did not approach *Pharaoh because he had touched Jacob’s dead body. ‘After...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 50 JOSEPH BURIES HIS FATHER V1 Then Joseph bent himself down over his father’s face. He wept over him and he kissed him. V2 And Joseph told his s...
JOSEPH SPAKE UNTO THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH. — It may seem at first sight strange that Joseph should make his request through mediators, but probably no one in the attire of mourning might enter the royal...
וַ יַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י בְכִיתֹ֔ו וַ יְדַבֵּ֣ר...
JACOB MOURNED AND BURIED Genesis 50:4 The days of mourning for Jacob were only two less in number than for a king. Three hundred miles were traversed by that splendid funeral cavalcade, which include...
Here we have a strange and wonderful sight. Jacob was buried with Egyptian pomp, yet in the land of promise. Thus, at last, after a career checkered from the beginning, Jacob entered into his rest. Th...
JOSEPH'S FINAL DAYS Joseph had experienced Egyptians embalm Jacob's body, which took forty days. For seventy days, the Egyptians mourned Jacob's death. Joseph asked Pharaoh to allow him to take his fa...
John 19:39 It is proper to pay tokens of respect to our deceased friends, but do not forget what JESUS hath said: Matthew 8:22....
Esther 4:2....
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
4._Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh_. A brief narration is here inserted of the permission obtained for Joseph, that, with the goodwill and leave of the king, he might convey his father’s remain...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 48, 49, AND 50. Lastly, in chapter 48 besides the prophetical character important in the history of Israel we see Joseph as heir; the double portion (mark of...
AND WHEN THE DAYS OF HIS MOURNING WERE PAST,.... The forty days before mentioned, in which both the Egyptians and Jacob's family mourned for him. An Arabic writer g says, the Egyptians mourned for Jac...
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, Ver. 4. _Speak,...
_Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh_ Either it was not customary for mourners to enter the royal presence, or Joseph wished to make his request to the king with all possible humility and respect....
1 The mourning for Iacob. 4 Ioseph getteth leaue of Pharaoh to goe to bury him. 7 The funerall. 15 Ioseph comforteth his brethren, who craued his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generat...
And when the days of his mourning were past, when the official, solemn mourning for Jacob had come to an end, JOSEPH SPAKE UNTO THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH, to the officials of the king's court for since he...
THE MOURNING FOR JACOB...
ELEVENTH SECTION _Joseph’s mourning. Jacob’s burial in Canaan. The brothers’ dread of Joseph. His word of peace and trust for them. Joseph’s last provision for his own return home to Canaan after dea...
JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to buria...
1-6 Though pious relatives and friends have lived to a good old age, and we are confident they are gone to glory, yet we may regret our own loss, and pay respect to their memory by lamenting them. Gr...
THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH; the household or family, namely, those of them which were chief in place and favour with the king. Joseph makes use of their intercession, either, 1. Lest he might seem to despi...
On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
Genesis 50:4 days H3117 mourning H1068 past H5674 (H8799) Joseph H3130 spoke H1696 (H8762) household H1004 Pharaoh...
THE BURIAL OF JACOB IN CANAAN (50:1-13). Genesis 50:1 ‘And Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father,...
CONTENTS: Jacob's burial. Joseph's death. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers. CONCLUSION: As it is an honor to die lamented, so it is a duty to honor the dead who have been useful in the Lord. Sinc...
Genesis 50:2. _The physicians embalmed Israel._ The Egyptians in early times built pyramids to contain their dead, and they preserved them from putrefaction by balsomic paste. This was performed by ph...
_Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father_ THE HONOUR PAID TO THE DEPARTED JACOB: I. PRIVATE. 1. The tears of his family. 2. The respect paid to last wishes. II. PUBLIC....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:2. The physicians.] The Egyptians had special physicians for each disease; the embalmers forming a class by themselves.— GENESIS 50:3. MOURNED FOR HIM THREE SCORE AND TEN...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 50:1 AND JOSEPH FELL UPON HIS FATHER'S FACE, AND WEPT UPON HIM, AND KISSED HIM. Joseph had no doubt closed the eyes of his revered and beloved parent, as God had promised to the pa...
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and he wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days...
the days. Genesis 50:10 Joseph. Esther 4:2 found grace. Genesis 18:3...