Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon 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
Cross-references · 9
- Gen 46:4I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes.”
- Acts 8:2Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
- 1 Th 4:13But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
- Mark 5:38–39He came to the synagogue ruler’s house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.
- John 11:35–38Jesus wept.
- Gen 23:2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- 2 Kgs 13:14Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
- Eph 6:4You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Deut 6:7–8and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
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