So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Study Helps
Interpretation
Joseph having honoured his father, his days were long in the land, which, for the present, God had given him. When he saw his death approaching, he comforted his brethren with the assurance of their return to Canaan in due time.
Read with
This thought runs through Genesis 50:22-26.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.