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Genesis 50:1
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Joseph’s actions immediately after Jacob’s death, as Joseph physically embraces his deceased father before directing the embalming process.
The words — The verb וַ/יִּפֹּ֥ל (va/i.yi.Pol) literally means “and he fell,” describing Joseph’s physical posture of prostration, while וַ/יֵּ֥בְךְּ (va/i.Ye.vek) means “and he wept.”
The thread — This moment fulfills the promise in Genesis 46:4 that Joseph’s hands would close his father’s eyes, and it follows the pattern of familial mourning described in Genesis 23:2.
Why it lands — The text records Joseph’s physical gestures of grief and honor, requiring the reader to recognize the concrete actions that conclude Jacob’s life narrative before the embalming begins.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Cross-references
- Genesis 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
- Genesis 23:2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
- Deuteronomy 6:7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- 2 Kings 13:14 When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
- Mark 5:38 When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
- John 11:35 Jesus wept.
- Acts 8:2 God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
- Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.