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 DAYS.] The _seventy_ days of mourning included the _forty_ required for embalming.— GENESIS 50:5. M... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:15. Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.] The literal rendering is—_If Joseph should now punish us_, _and requite all the evil that we have done to him_—The sentence breaks off unfinished, requiring some such... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:23. Of the third generation.] “Either sons _belonging to,_ or sons _of,_ the third generation. If the former, then his (Joseph’s) great,—if the latter, his great-great-grandchildren.” (_Alford_.)—WERE BROUGHT UP UPON JOSEPH’S KNEES.] The meaning is, that they were placed... [ Continue Reading ]