Thematic Bible: Embalmer
Thematic Bible
Arts of the » Embalmer
Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Verse Concepts