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Being made in
Egypt
and
for
an embalmed body,
Joseph
’s
coffin
doubtless resembled
the
ancient
mummy cases (
Gen. 50:26
26
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (Genesis 50:26)
).
They
were ornamental cases larger than European coffins.
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From
Manners and Customs of the Bible
:
Genesis 50:26
26
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (Genesis 50:26)
. So
Joseph
died, being an hundred and
ten
years old: and they embalmed him, and he was
put
in a
coffin
in
Egypt
.
Though so much care was taken in ancient Egypt to embalm the body, there were many who were buried without coffins. The mention of the fact here that “Joseph was put in a coffin,” shows the high rank to which he had attained. His coffin was probably the outside receptacle or sarcophagus described in the note on
Genesis 50:2-3
2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. (Genesis 50:2‑3)
. Whether it was of
wood
or of stone we have no means of knowing; the latter material would more probably be used for so exalted a personage.
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102. Egyptian Coffins
From:
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By:
James M. Freeman
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
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