Genesis 50:2
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father,.... Which he did, not merely because it was the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 50:1-26
- The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl-mı̂tsrayı̂m, Abel-Mitsraim,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The physicians - רפאים ropheim, the healers, those whose business it was to heal or restore the body from sickness by…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 50:1-6
Joseph is here paying his last respects to his deceased father. 1. With tears and kisses, and all the tender expressions…
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