Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they 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.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So 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 embraced his father, cried over him, and kissed him. 2 After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel. 3 It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 50:26
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
2 Chronicles 16:14
and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.
Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus.
John 19:39-40
Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus at night, also arrived, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about 100 litra.
Matthew 26:12
When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.
Mark 14:8
She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial.
Luke 24:1
But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
John 12:7
Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone so she can observe the day of my burial,