Genesis 50:1

Modern

Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

Traditional

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

Literal

And Joseph fell on the face of his father, and he wept over him, and he kissed him.

Latin

Quod cernens Joseph, ruit super faciem patris, flens et deosculans eum.

Hebrew

English

Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

Like his father and his grandfather, Jacob’s death marked the end of an important time in Israel’s history.

Theme notes and profiles

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.”
Mark 5:38–39
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
Acts 8:2
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
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!”
John 11:35–38
Jesus wept.
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.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6:7–8
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.
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.

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt