Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians
King James Version
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Holman Bible
He commanded his servants who were physicians to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.
International Standard Version
After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.
A Conservative Version
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
American Standard Version
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Amplified
Then Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm (mummify) his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel (Jacob).
Bible in Basic English
And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.
Darby Translation
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL
King James 2000
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Modern King James verseion
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Joseph commanded his servants that were physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel forty days long,
NET Bible
Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.
New Heart English Bible
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians, to embalm his father, - so the physicians embalmed Israel.
Webster
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
World English Bible
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;
Themes
Children » Instances of » Joseph
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
Disease » Prevention and cure of » Physicians
Disease » Healed » Physicians employed in
Egypt » History of israel in » Jacob's death and burial
Egyptians » The art of embalming the dead practiced by
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
Joseph » Son of jacob » Exacts a pledge from his brothers to convey his remains to canaan
Joseph » Son of jacob » Mourns the death of his father
Mourning » The egyptians mourned for jacob for seventy days
Prevention and cure of diseases » Physicians
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Pharaoh, in his treatment of jacob and his family
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 50:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob's Burial
1 Then Joseph fell on the face of his father and wept upon him and kissed him. 2 And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days {were required for it}, for thus [are] the days {required for} embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 50:26
So Joseph died, [being] one hundred and ten years old. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his burial site, which had been cut out for him in the city of David. And they laid him on the bier which they had filled with all kinds of spices made [by] the perfumers as a fragment ointment. And they made a great fire in his honor.
Mark 16:1
And [when] the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome purchased fragrant spices so that they could go [and] anoint him.
John 19:39-40
And Nicodemus--the one who had come to him formerly at night--also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes [weighing] about a hundred pounds.
Matthew 26:12
For [when] this woman poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] in order to prepare me for burial.
Mark 14:8
She has done what she could; {she has anointed my body beforehand} for burial.
Luke 24:1
Now on the first [day] of the week, at very early dawn, they came back to the tomb bringing the fragrant spices which they had prepared.
John 12:7
So Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.