Genesis 50:26

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And Joseph died, a son of a hundred and ten years. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Latin

…mortuus est, expletis centum decem vitæ suæ annis. Et conditus aromatibus, repositus est in loculo in Ægypto.

Hebrew

English

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

Joseph’s death signified the end of his generation (see study notes on 25:7–8; 35:1–29) and of the patriarchal age. From this point forward, God dealt with Israel as a nation. •
Joseph’s body stayed in Egypt as a symbol of hope for slaves awaiting the promised land (see Exodus 13:19; Hebrews 11:39–40). They eventually buried him in Shechem (see Joshua 24:32), where Jacob had originally sent him (Genesis 37:13).

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
Joshua 24:29
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
Genesis 50:2–3
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
Genesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Genesis 50:22
Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus