Genesis 50:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
Genesis 50:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 50:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 50:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
Genesis 50:2 — World English Bible
Genesis 50:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”
Genesis 50:2 — American Standard Version
Genesis 50:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;”
Genesis 50:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 50:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.”
Genesis 50:2 — Darby Translation
Genesis 50:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Ioseph commanded his seruantes the physicions, to enbaume his father, and the physicions enbaumed Israel.”
Genesis 50:2 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 50:2 in Context — Genesis 50
1 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
What Does Genesis 50:2 Mean?
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