KJV King James Version
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
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Genesis 50:1
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
WEB World English Bible
Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joseph falleth on his father’s face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;
Surrounding context — Genesis 50
1 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 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.
4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
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Genesis 46:4I 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.Acts 8:2And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.Deuteronomy 6:7-8And 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.John 11:35-38Jesus wept.Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.1 Thessalonians 4:13But 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.2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.Mark 5:38-39And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.Genesis 23:2And 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.
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