1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Joshua 24:32 | *And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field **which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes, and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph. Genesis 59:24.; Exodus 13:9.; Genesis 33:19. | Sichem. Joseph had charged his brethren to take his bones with them, Genesis 50:24., and Exodus 13:19. Masius supposes that they were solemnly interred after the altar was erected near Sichem, and the covenant ratified, when all the people were together. Others think that they deferred doing this till the country was conquered and divided. Josue would lose no time unnecessarily in performing these last rites to the revered patriarch. --- Field. Jacob had given this field to his son. He had first purchased it; (Genesis 33:19,) and when the Amorrhite had taken possession again, after the unhappy affair at Sichem, he recovered it by the sword, Genesis 48:22. --- Ewes. Hebrew Kesita may denote also some species of money, though not perhaps marked with any figure of a lamb, etc. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "pieces of silver." (Haydock) --- The mausoleum of Joseph at Sichem, was to be seen in St. Jerome's time. (q. Heb. in Gen.) (Worthington) |