Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Joseph	יוֹסֵ֔ף yo.Sef	H3130	Joseph · proper noun, a man's name
died	וַיָּ֣מָת vai.Ya.mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hundred	מֵאָ֥ה me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
ten	וָעֶ֖שֶׂר va.'E.ser	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
years	שָׁנִ֑ים sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
old	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
embalmed	וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ vai.ya.chan.Tu	H2590	to spice · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
put	וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם vai.Yi.sem	H3455	to place · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
coffin	בָּאָר֖וֹן ba.'a.Ron	H727	a box · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Egypt	בְּמִצְרָֽיִם be.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years…
Genesis 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Genesis 50:2-3 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis 50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Joshua 24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:22–end

Here is, I. The prolonging of Joseph's life in Egypt: he lived to be a hundred and ten years old, Gen 50:22. Having honoured his father, his days were long in the land which, for the present, God had given him; and it was a great mercy to his relations that God continued him so long, a support and comfort to them. II. The building up of Joseph's family: he lived to see his great-grand-children by both his sons (Gen 50:23), and probably he saw his two sons solemnly owned as heads of distinct tribes, equal to any of his brethren. It contributes much to the comfort of aged parents if they see their posterity in a flourishing condition, especially if with it they see peace upon Israel, Psa 128:6…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:26

and they embalmed him--[See on Gen 50:2]. His funeral would be conducted in the highest style of Egyptian magnificence and his mummied corpse carefully preserved till the Exodus. Next: Exodus Introduction

Adam Clarke on Genesis 50:26

Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old - בן מאה ועשר שנים ben meah vaeser shanim; literally, the son of a hundred and ten years. Here the period of time he lived is personified, all the years of which it was composed being represented as a nurse or father, feeding, nourishing, and supporting him to the end. This figure, which is termed by rhetoricians prosopopaeia, is very frequent in Scripture; and by this virtues, vices, forms, attributes, and qualities, with every part of inanimate nature, are represented as endued with reason and speech, and performing all the actions of intelligent beings. They embalmed him - See Clarke on Gen 50:2 (note). The same precautions were taken to pres…

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John Gill on Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old,.... The exact age assigned him by Polyhistor (x), from Demetrius an Heathen. The Jewish writers (y) say, that he died the first of the twelve patriarchs, though he was the youngest of them; he died, according to Bishop Usher (z), in the year of the world 2369, and before Christ 1635: and they embalmed him; his servants, the physicians, according to the manner of the Egyptians, and as his father Jacob had been embalmed; see Gill on Genesis 50:2, and he was put into a coffin in Egypt; in an ark or chest, very probably into such an one in which the Egyptians had used to put dead bodies when embalmed; which Herodotus (a) calls a or chest, an…

The Church Fathers

The text goes on: "Joseph passed away at one hundred and ten." Why did it indicate to us his age too? For you to learn how long he had been entrusted with the control of Egypt. He was seventeen when he went down to Egypt, and it was when he reached the age of thirty that he appeared before Pharaoh and interpreted his dreams. Joseph then held complete control of Egypt for eighty years. Do you see how the rewards were greater than the hardships and the recompense manifold? For thirteen years he struggled with temptations, suffering servitude, that illicit accusation, ill treatment in prison. Since he nobly bore everything with thankfulness, accordingly he attained generous rewards even in the present life. Consider, after all, I ask you, that as a result of that short period that he endured servitude and imprisonment Joseph occupied a royal position for eighty years. For proof that it was by faith that he did all this and for the same motive gave directions about the transfer of his bones, listen to Paul's words: "It was by faith that at the point of death Joseph gave a reminder about the exodus of the sons of Israel."
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 67.22

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Dictionary and topics

Alliances — On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings alliances became…
Ark — Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side…
Chest — (Heb. ’aron, generally rendered “ark”), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered “coffin.”…
Coffin — Used in Gen. 50:26 with reference to the burial of Joseph. Here, it means a mummy-chest. The same Hebrew word is rendered “chest” in 2 Kings 12:9, 10.
Embalming — The process of preserving a body by means of aromatics (Gen. 50:2, 3, 26). This art was practised by the Egyptians from the earliest times, and there brought to great perfection. This custom probably…
Joseph — Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, “God hath taken away [Heb. ‘asaph] my reproach.” “The Lord shall add…
Arts Of The · Embalmer — Embalmer
Burial · Antiquity of coffins for — Antiquity of coffins for
Coffin · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Egyptians · The art of embalming the — The art of embalming the
Embalming · Of Joseph — Of Joseph

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Genesis 50:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:26

Adam Clarke on Genesis 50:26

John Gill on Genesis 50:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 50:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:26

Adam Clarke on Genesis 50:26

John Gill on Genesis 50:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 50:25–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 50:24–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 50:26

Rashi on Genesis 50:23