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And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/50.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/50.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died, <i>being</i> an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Joseph died, <i>being</i> one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they embalmed him, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of 110; his body was embalmed and put in a coffin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Joseph died when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. GENESIS<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of a hundred and ten. They embalmed his body and put it in a coffin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph dies, a son of one hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph will die, the son of a hundred and ten years; and they will embalm him and will put in an ark in Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 50:25>he died, having completed one hundred and ten years of his life. And having been embalmed with aromatics, he was laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. He was embalmed and laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old; he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and put him in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yoseph died, son of a hundred and ten years, and they embalmed him and laid him in a mummy case in Egypt. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and they prepared his corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/50-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=13305" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/50.htm">The Death of Joseph</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.” <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: yō·w·sêp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">So Joseph</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: way·yā·māṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">died</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">at the age</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’āh (Number-fs) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">of 110.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: wā·‘e·śer (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2590.htm" title="2590: way·ya·ḥan·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To spice, make spicy, embalm. A primitive root; to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen.">And they embalmed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">his body</a> <a href="/hebrew/3455.htm" title="3455: way·yî·śem (Conj-w:: V-QalPass-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To place, in, to be placed. A prim root; to place; intransitively, to be placed.">and placed it</a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: bā·’ā·rō·wn (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">in a coffin</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">in Egypt.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-6.htm">Exodus 1:6</a></span><br />Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm">Hebrews 11:22</a></span><br />By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a></span><br />And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-15.htm">Acts 7:15-16</a></span><br />So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. / Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-14</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-19.htm">Exodus 13:19</a></span><br />Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">Genesis 47:29-30</a></span><br />When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, / but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Genesis 49:29-33</a></span><br />Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. / The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. / There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a></span><br />In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-4.htm">Genesis 46:4</a></span><br />I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a></span><br />And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-15</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a></span><br />The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-25.htm">Genesis 45:25-28</a></span><br />So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. / “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them. / However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.</p><p class="hdg">being an hundred and ten years old.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Genesis 50:22</a></b></br> And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9,28</a></b></br> And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage <i>are</i> an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Joshua 24:29</a></b></br> And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, <i>being</i> an hundred and ten years old.</p><p class="hdg">they embalmed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Genesis 50:2,3</a></b></br> And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel… </p><p class="hdg">CONCLUDING REMARKS.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/48-10.htm">Age</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Body</a> <a href="/luke/7-14.htm">Coffin</a> <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/50-16.htm">Died</a> <a href="/genesis/36-39.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Embalm</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Embalmed</a> <a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/50-23.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Ten</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Age</a> <a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Body</a> <a href="/luke/7-14.htm">Coffin</a> <a href="/exodus/1-16.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/1-6.htm">Died</a> <a href="/exodus/1-6.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/exodus/1-1.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/mark/16-1.htm">Embalm</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Embalmed</a> <a href="/exodus/6-16.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/exodus/9-31.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Ten</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 50</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-1.htm">The mourning for Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-7.htm">The funeral.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">His age.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-23.htm">He sees the third generation of his sons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">He prophesies unto his brothers of their return.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">He takes an oath of them concerning his bones.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">He dies, and is put into a coffin.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Joseph, a central figure in the history of Israel, passes away, signifying the close of the patriarchal stories. The Hebrew word for "died" is "mût," which is often used in the Old Testament to denote the physical death of a person. Joseph's death is not just a biological end but a transition in God's unfolding plan for His people. His life, marked by faithfulness and divine providence, serves as a testament to God's sovereignty and the fulfillment of His promises.<p><b>at the age of 110</b><br />The age of 110 is significant in ancient Near Eastern cultures, often considered an ideal lifespan. In Egyptian culture, which heavily influenced Joseph's life, living to 110 was seen as a sign of divine favor and a full, blessed life. Joseph's long life reflects God's blessing and the fulfillment of His promises to the patriarchs. It also underscores Joseph's integration into Egyptian society while maintaining his Hebrew identity and faith.<p><b>And they embalmed his body</b><br />Embalming was a common Egyptian practice, reflecting Joseph's high status in Egypt. The Hebrew word "ḥānat" is used here, indicating the process of preserving the body, which was typically reserved for the elite. This act shows the respect and honor given to Joseph by the Egyptians, acknowledging his significant role in their history. It also highlights the intersection of Hebrew and Egyptian cultures during Joseph's time.<p><b>and placed it in a coffin</b><br />The use of a coffin, or "’ārôn" in Hebrew, is notable as it is the first mention of a coffin in the Bible. This practice was distinctly Egyptian, further illustrating Joseph's assimilation into Egyptian customs while maintaining his Hebrew heritage. The coffin signifies a temporary resting place, foreshadowing the eventual exodus of the Israelites and the fulfillment of God's promise to bring them to the Promised Land.<p><b>in Egypt</b><br />Joseph's burial in Egypt, rather than Canaan, emphasizes the beginning of Israel's sojourn in a foreign land. Egypt becomes a place of both refuge and eventual bondage for the Israelites. Joseph's presence in Egypt, even in death, symbolizes God's providential care and the unfolding of His redemptive plan. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness to His covenant, as Joseph's bones would later be carried to the Promised Land, fulfilling his request and God's promise to Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">A coffin.</span>--The word means a case or chest of wood. The mummy-cases were generally of sycamore-wood. As it would not be possible for the Israelites, now that their great protector was no more, to go with a military escort to Hebron to bury him, Joseph orders that his embalmed body should be placed in some part of Goshen, whence it would be easy to remove it when the time of deliverance had arrived. And his wish was fulfilled; for "Moses took the bones of Joseph with him" (<a href="/exodus/13-19.htm" title="And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straightly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away hence with you.">Exodus 13:19</a>), and Joshua buried them in Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had given to him (<a href="/joshua/24-32.htm" title="And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.">Joshua 24:32</a>).<p>With the death of Joseph ends the preparation for the formation of a chosen race. Summoned from a remote city upon the Persian Gulf to Palestine, Abraham had wandered there as a stranger, and Isaac and Jacob had followed in his steps. But in Palestine the race could never have multiplied largely; for there were races already there too powerful to permit of their rapid increase. Abraham and Lot, Esau and Jacob had been compelled to separate; but now, under Joseph, they had been placed in a large, fertile, and well-nigh uninhabited region. The few who dwelt there were, as far as we can judge, of the Semitic stock, and whatever immigrants came from time to time were also of the same race, and were soon enrolled in the "<span class= "ital">taf" </span>of some noble or chief. And thus all was ready for their growth into a nation; and when we next read of them they had multiplied into a people so vast that Egypt was afraid of them.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old</span> (literally, a <span class="accented">son</span> of a <span class="accented">hundred and ten years</span>)<span class="accented">, <span class="cmt_word"></span>and they</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the children of Israel) <span class="cmt_word">embalmed him</span> (<span class="accented">vide</span> on ver. 2), <span class="cmt_word">and he was put in a coffin</span> (or chest, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> a mummy case, which was commonly constructed of sycamore wood) <span class="cmt_word">in Egypt</span>, where he remained for a period of 360 years, until the time of the Exodus, when, according to the engagement now given, his remains were carried up to Canaan, and solemnly deposited in the sepulcher of Shechem (<a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/50-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Joseph</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹסֵ֔ף</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">died</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣מָת</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·māṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the age</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of 110.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hundred</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And they embalmed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥan·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2590.htm">Strong's 2590: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spice, to embalm, to ripen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[his body]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹת֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and placed it</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yî·śem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - QalPass - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3455.htm">Strong's 3455: </a> </span><span class="str2">To place, in, to be placed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a coffin</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָר֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chest, ark</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Egypt.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/50-26.htm">Genesis 50:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">OT Law: Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died being one hundred ten (Gen. 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