Genesis 50:2

50:2 Joseph instructed the physicians in his service 1  to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

Genesis 50:26

50:26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. 2  After they embalmed him, his body 3  was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Genesis 50:3

50:3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. 4  The Egyptians mourned 5  for him seventy days. 6 

1 tn Heb “his servants the physicians.”

2 tn Heb “son of a hundred and ten years.”

3 tn Heb “he.”

3 tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

4 tn Heb “wept.”

5 sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.