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Genesis
50:1-26. MOURNING FOR JACOB.
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Verse 1. Joseph fell upon his
father's face, &c.--On him, as the principal
member of the family, devolved the duty of closing the
eyes of his venerable parent (compare Genesis
46:4) and imprinting the farewell kiss.
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Verse 2. Joseph commanded his
servants the physicians to embalm his father,
&c.--In ancient Egypt the embalmers were a class by
themselves. The process of embalmment consisted in
infusing a great quantity of resinous substances into
the cavities of the body, after the intestines had been
removed, and then a regulated degree of heat was applied
to dry up the humors, as well as decompose the tarry
materials which had been previously introduced. 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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Verse 3. the Egyptians mourned,
&c. It was made a period of public mourning, as on
the death of a royal personage.
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Verse 4, 5. Joseph spake unto the
house of Pharaoh, &c.--Care was taken to let it
be known that the family sepulchre was provided before
leaving Canaan and that an oath bound his family to
convey the remains thither. Besides, Joseph deemed it
right to apply for a special leave of absence; and being
unfit, as a mourner, to appear in the royal presence, he
made the request through the medium of others.
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Verse 7-9. Joseph went up to bury
his father--a journey of three hundred miles. The
funeral cavalcade, composed of the nobility and
military, with their equipages, would exhibit an
imposing appearance.
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Verse 10. they came to the
threshing-floor of Atad, &c.--"Atad" may be
taken as a common noun, signifying "the plain of the
thorn bushes." It was on the border between Egypt and
Canaan; and as the last opportunity of indulging grief
was always the most violent, the Egyptians made a
prolonged halt at this spot, while the family of Jacob
probably proceeded by themselves to the place of
sepulture.
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Verse 15-21. When Joseph's brethren
saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will
peradventure hate us, &c.--Joseph was deeply
affected by this communication. He gave them the
strongest assurances of his forgiveness and thereby gave
both a beautiful trait of his own pious character, as
well as appeared an eminent type of the Saviour.
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Verse 22, 23. Joseph dwelt in
Egypt--He lived eighty years after his elevation to
the chief power [see on Genesis
41:46] witnessing a great increase in the prosperity
of the kingdom, and also of his own family and
kindred--the infant Church of God.
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Verse 24. Joseph said unto his
brethren, I die--The national feelings of the
Egyptians would have been opposed to his burial in
Canaan; but he gave the strongest proof of the strength
of his faith and full assurance of the promises, by "the
commandment concerning his bones" [Heb
11:22].
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Verse 26. and they embalmed
him--[See on Genesis
50:2]. His funeral would be conducted in the highest
style of Egyptian magnificence and his mummied corpse
carefully preserved till the
Exodus.
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Bibliography
Information
Jamieson, Robert,
D.D. "Commentary on Genesis 50". "Commentary Critical
and Explanatory
on the Whole Bible".
<http://www.studylight.org/com/jfb/view.cgi?book=ge&chapter=050>.
1871.
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