50:2 Joseph instructed the physicians in his service 1 to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.
50:3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. 2 The Egyptians mourned 3 for him seventy days. 4
1 tnHeb “his servants the physicians.”
2 tnHeb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”
3 tnHeb “wept.”
4 snSeventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.