And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
- BSB Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
- NKJV Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.
- NASB Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him.
- NLT Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
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Quick answer
Joseph weeps over his dead father and kisses him in grief.
Overview
Joseph's tears and tender affection show genuine, godly love and honor toward his father. Scripture does not despise such mourning; even Jesus wept at the grave (John 11:35). Grief over death is fitting, yet for the believer it is grief tempered by hope in God's promises.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 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.
- 1 Th 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.
- 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.
- John 11:35–38Jesus wept.
- Gen 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.
- 2 Kgs 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.
- Eph 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Deut 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.
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