Genesis 50:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 50:1-26

Retrospect and prospect. The fellowship of Egypt with the children of Israel in the burial of Jacob is full of significance. " A very great company went with them." "Abel-Mizraim" the Canaanites called it, "a grievous mourning to the Egyptians." It seemed to them altogether an Egyptian funeral. Yet we know that it was not. The work of God's grace will transform the world that it shall not be recognized. The funeral itself said, Egypt is not our home. It pointed with prophetic... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 50:7-9

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh ( i.e. the chief officers of the royal palace, as the next clause explains), the elders of his house ( i.e. of Pharaoh's house), and all the elders of the land of Egypt ( i.e. the nobles and State officials), and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. And there went up with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 50:10

And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad. The threshing-floor, or goren , was a large open circular area which was used for trampling out the corn by means of oxen, and was exceedingly convenient for the accommodation of a large body of people such as accompanied Joseph. The goren at which the funeral party halted was named Atad ( i.e. Buckthorn), either from the name of the owner, or from the quantity of buck-thorn which grew in the neighborhood. Which is beyond Jordan— literally,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 50:11

And when (literally, and ) the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they (literally, and they ) said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, — i.e. the meadow ( אָבֵל ) of the Egyptians, with a play upon the word ( אֵבֶל ) mourning (Keil, Kurtz, Gerlach, Rosenmüller, &c.;), if indeed the word has not been punctuated wrongly— אָבֵל instead of אֵבֶל (Kalisch),... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 50:1-26

- The Burial of Jacob10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.”11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl-mı̂tsrayı̂m, Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim.This chapter records the burial of Jacob and the death of Joseph, and so completes the history of the chosen family, and the third bible for the instruction of man.Genesis 50:1-3After the natural outburst of sorrow for his deceased parent, Joseph gave orders to embalm the body, according to the custom of Egypt. “His servants, the physicians.”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 50:10

Genesis 50:10. They mourned with a very great and sore lamentation “This,” says Sir John Chardin, quoted by Harmer, (vol. 2. p. 136,) “is exactly the genius of the people of Asia, especially of the women. Their sentiments of joy or grief are properly transports; and their transports are ungoverned, excessive, and truly outrageous. When any one returns from a long journey, or dies, his family bursts into cries that may be heard twenty doors off; and this is renewed at different times, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:1-26

Deaths of Jacob and Joseph (49:29-50:26)Again Jacob insisted that he be buried at Machpelah, as a final witness that he died having the same faith as Abraham and Isaac (29-33; cf. 47:29-31). When Jacob died, Pharaoh declared an official time of mourning for him of seventy days. Pharaoh also sent a large group of officials and servants to Canaan with Jacob’s family to provide all necessary help and protection (50:1-9). The Canaanites were amazed that Egyptians should come all the way to Canaan... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 50:7-10

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), emphasizing each party. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 50:11

Atad. Probably named after the owner, as 2 Samuel 6:6 , "Nachon's"; 2 Samuel 24:16 , "Araunah's". Abel-mizraim = the mourning of the Egyptians. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 50:7-11

"And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, and all the house of Joseph and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they... read more

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