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 

[50:2]  ¹ tn Heb “his servants the physicians.”

[50:26]  ² tn Heb “son of a hundred and ten years.”

[50:26]  ³ tn Heb “he.”

[50:3]  ³ tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

[50:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “wept.”

[50:3]  ⁵ sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.