"And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him." — Genesis 50:1

Genesis 50:1 · KJV

“And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.”

— Genesis 50:1

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Genesis 50 — Context

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

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. {mourned: Heb. wept}

Cross References

Genesis 46:4

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up {again}: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Mark 5:38-39

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

Acts 8:2

And devout men carried Stephen {to his burial}, and made great lamentation over him.

John 11:35-38

Jesus wept.

Deuteronomy 6:7-8

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}

Ephesians 6:4

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Genesis 23:2

And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same {is} Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.