Genesis 50:2

KJV

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

— Genesis 50:2, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Genesis Chapter 50 connects to 9 cross-references. Jacob is embalmed and mourned in Egypt for seventy days, then carried in a great procession to Canaan for burial at Machpelah. After the burial, the brothers fear Joseph's retribution; he reassures them that what they intended for evil, God …

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Other Translations

ASV

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

YLT

and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

BBE

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.

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