Genesis 50:22-Exodus 1:7 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 50:22-26

"And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 50:22

Genesis 50:22. Joseph lived an hundred and ten years— A shorter life than his ancestors; because he was the son, says Bishop Patrick, of his father's old age, and lived a great part of his time amidst afflictions and care, having the weight of a great kingdom's affairs lying upon him; for eighty of these years he spent in AEgypt, being but thirty years old when he first stood before Pharaoh. Shuckford says that he governed AEgypt during the reigns of four kings, and died in the twentieth year... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 50:22

22, 23. Joseph dwelt in Egypt—He lived eighty years after his elevation to the chief power [see on :-] witnessing a great increase in the prosperity of the kingdom, and also of his own family and kindred—the infant Church of God. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 50:2-26

E. What Became of Jacob 37:2-50:26Here begins the tenth and last toledot in Genesis. Jacob remains a major character throughout Genesis. Moses recorded his death in chapter 49. Nevertheless Joseph replaces him as the focus of the writer’s attention at this point. [Note: For some enriching insights into the similarities between the stories of Jacob and Joseph, see Peter Miscall, "The Jacob and Joseph Stories As Analogies," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 6 (February 1978):28-40.]... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 50:22-26

The death of Joseph 50:22-26Joseph lived to see God’s blessing on his children’s children. He died 54 years after Jacob’s death when he was 110 years old. [Note: See Hugh C. White, "The Joseph Story: A Narrative that ’Consumes’ Its Content," Semeia 31 (1985):49-69.] Some Egyptian texts refer to 110 as the ideal lifespan. [Note: Hamilton, The Book . . . Chapters 18-50, p. 709.] Joseph probably could have experienced burial in a pyramid or had some other grand burial in Egypt. However, he wanted... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:1-26

The Burial of Jacob, and Death of Joseph2. For the importance attached by the Egyptians to the preservation of the corpse see on Genesis 40:19. The process, which was so thorough that mummies of Joseph’s time may be seen in our museums in a state of good preservation, was briefly as follows. The brain and intestines were removed, and the stomach cleansed and filled with spices (embalmed). The body was then steeped in a mixture of salt and soda (called natron), for forty or more days, to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 50:1-26

Joseph's Faith Genesis 50:25 Taking this incident, with the New Testament commentary upon it, it leads us to a truth which we often lose sight of, but which is indispensable if we would understand the relations of the earlier and the later days. I. Faith is always the same though knowledge varies. There is a vast difference between a man's creed and a man's faith. The one may vary, does vary within very wide limits; the other remains the same. It is difficult to decide how much Joseph's gospel... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 50:1-26

CHAPTER 50 The Burial of Jacob and Joseph’s Return and Death 1. The grief of Joseph (Genesis 50:1-3 ) 2. The burial (Genesis 50:4-13 ) 3. The return to Egypt (Genesis 50:14-23 ) 4. The death of Joseph (Genesis 50:24-26 ) This great book which begins with the perfect and good creation of God ends with a burial and the last words are “a coffin in Egypt.” What havoc sin has wrought. Jacob died 147 years old and after his body was embalmed was carried to Canaan. Read in connection with... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 50:22

50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an {g} hundred and ten years.(g) Who, even though he ruled in Egypt about eighty years, yet was joined with the church of God in faith and religion. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:1-26

JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to burial, as in other countries, Joseph gives orders to the physicians to embalm his father. This required forty days, and he was mourned for 70 days (v.3). Much later than this, Egyptian history records that 30 days were required for embalming and 72 days of mourning were held for a king, which are not... read more