Genesis 50:7-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:7-14

We have here an account of Jacob's funeral. Of the funerals of the kings of Judah, usually, no more is said than this, They were buried with their fathers in the city of David: but the funeral of the patriarch Jacob is more largely and fully described, to show how much better God was to him than he expected (he had spoken more than once of dying for grief, and going to the grave bereaved of his children, but, behold, he dies in honour, and is followed to the grave by all his children), and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:7

And Joseph went up to bury his father ,.... According to his request; having obtained leave of Pharaoh, and being desirous of paying his last respects, and doing his last office to so dear a parent, with all the honour and decency this service could be done with: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh ; a great number of them, some must be left to wait upon him; who these were the next words explain: the elders of his house : his senators and counsellors, his courtiers and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:8

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house ,.... Joseph and his two sons, and his servants, and his eleven brethren and their sons that were grown up, and as many of his father's domestics as could be spared attended the funeral: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen ; there must be some servants left, though they are not mentioned, to take care of the little ones, and of the flocks and herds; and these being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:9

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen ,.... Which was done both for the sake of honour and grandeur, and for safety and defence, should they be attacked by robbers in the deserts, or opposed by the Canaanites, and be refused the use of the cave of Machpelah, and the right to it disputed: and it was a very great company ; both for quantity and quality; the attendants at this funeral were very numerous, and many of them great personages, and upon the whole was a very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:10

And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad ,.... Which was either the name of a man the owner of it, or of a place so called from the thorns and brambles which grew here, and with which the threshingfloor was surrounded, as Jarchi says, see Judges 9:14 and it was usual to make a hedge of thorns round about a threshingfloor F15 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 13. 1. & Gloss. in ib. Aruch in voc. גרן fol. 39. 4. , that it might be preserved; mention is made in the Talmud F16 T. Hieros.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:11

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites ,.... Who were at this time in the possession of the country where the threshingfloor of Atad was: when they saw the mourning in the floor of Atad ; for so large a company of people, and such a grand funeral procession, brought multitudes from all the neighbouring parts to see the sight; and when they observed the lamentation that was made, saw their mournful gestures and actions, and heard their doleful moan: they said, this is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:12

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them. Not only Joseph, but all the sons of Jacob were concerned in the burial of him, being all charged by him with it, and who were obedient to his commands as follows; see Genesis 49:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:13

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan ,.... That is, they took care that he was carried there, as he desired to be; for it cannot be thought that they carried him on their shoulders thither, in like manner as the devout men carried Stephen to his burial, Acts 8:2 . and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah , &c.; the very place where he chose to be buried, Genesis 47:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:14

And Joseph returned into Egypt ,.... As he promised he would, Genesis 50:5 . he and his brethren ; the eleven sons of Jacob; for though they had not made the same promise, nor Joseph for them, yet they returned, having left their little ones, flocks and herds, in Egypt: and all that went up with him to bury his father ; the elders and great men of the land of Egypt, with their attendants: after he had buried his father ; in the land of Canaan, which, though given to the seed of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:7

The elders of his house - Persons who, by reason of their age, had acquired much experience; and who on this account were deemed the best qualified to conduct the affairs of the king's household. Similar to these were the Eldermen, or Aldermen, among our Saxon ancestors, who were senators and peers of the realm. The funeral procession of Jacob must have been truly grand. Joseph, his brethren and their descendants, the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders - all the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:7-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:7

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