Thematic Bible: The art of embalming the dead practiced by
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Egyptians » The art of embalming the dead practiced by
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him, for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.