It's incredibly beautiful how Genesis ends by telling us that Joseph was placed "in a coffin (בָּאָר֖וֹן) in Egypt" (Genesis 50:26). The word used for "coffin" is actually the word "Ark," as in "the Ark of the Covenant." This theme gets picked up in the Gospel of John (which is a literary
The Tomb, the Womb, and the Ark
The Tomb, the Womb, and the Ark
The Tomb, the Womb, and the Ark
It's incredibly beautiful how Genesis ends by telling us that Joseph was placed "in a coffin (בָּאָר֖וֹן) in Egypt" (Genesis 50:26). The word used for "coffin" is actually the word "Ark," as in "the Ark of the Covenant." This theme gets picked up in the Gospel of John (which is a literary