Genesis 50:26
New International Version
So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

New Living Translation
So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

English Standard Version
So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

King James Bible
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

New King James Version
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

NASB 1995
So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

NASB 1977
So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they embalmed him, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Amplified Bible
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Christian Standard Bible
Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

American Standard Version
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of 110; his body was embalmed and put in a coffin.

English Revised Version
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joseph died when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. GENESIS

Good News Translation
So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of a hundred and ten. They embalmed his body and put it in a coffin.

International Standard Version
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Majority Standard Bible
So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

NET Bible
So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

New Heart English Bible
So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

World English Bible
So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Joseph dies, a son of one hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

Smith's Literal Translation
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.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version
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.

New American Bible
Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. He was embalmed and laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
And Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old; he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Yoseph died, son of a hundred and ten years, and they embalmed him and laid him in a mummy case in Egypt.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and they prepared his corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Death of Joseph
25And 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.” 26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

Cross References
Exodus 1:6
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

Hebrews 11:22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Joshua 24:32
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.

Acts 7:15-16
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.

Genesis 15:13-14
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.

Exodus 13:19
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.”

Genesis 47:29-30
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.”

Genesis 49:29-33
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. ...

Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Genesis 46:4
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Genesis 12:1-3
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.”

Genesis 17:8
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.”

Genesis 28:13-15
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.”

Genesis 35:12
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.”

Genesis 45:25-28
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. ...


Treasury of Scripture

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

being an hundred and ten years old.

Genesis 50:22
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

Genesis 47:9,28
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 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…

Joshua 24:29
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

they embalmed.

Genesis 50:2,3
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel…

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

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Genesis 50
1. The mourning for Jacob.
4. Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him.
7. The funeral.
15. Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon.
22. His age.
23. He sees the third generation of his sons.
24. He prophesies unto his brothers of their return.
25. He takes an oath of them concerning his bones.
26. He dies, and is put into a coffin.














So Joseph died
The phrase marks the end of an era in the Genesis narrative. 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.

at the age of 110
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.

And they embalmed his body
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.

and placed it in a coffin
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.

in Egypt
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.

(26) A coffin.--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" (Exodus 13:19), and Joshua buried them in Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had given to him (Joshua 24:32).

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 "taf" 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.

Verse 26. - So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old (literally, a son of a hundred and ten years), and they (i.e. the children of Israel) embalmed him (vide on ver. 2), and he was put in a coffin (or chest, i.e. a mummy case, which was commonly constructed of sycamore wood) in Egypt, 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 (Joshua 24:32).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Joseph
יוֹסֵ֔ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

died
וַיָּ֣מָת (way·yā·māṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

at the age
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of 110.
מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

And they embalmed
וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ (way·ya·ḥan·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2590: To spice, to embalm, to ripen

[his body]
אֹת֔וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and placed it
וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם (way·yî·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - QalPass - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3455: To place, in, to be placed

in a coffin
בָּאָר֖וֹן (bā·’ā·rō·wn)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

in Egypt.
בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ (bə·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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