being an hundred and ten years old: Ben meah weaiser shanim:; "the son of an hundred and ten years;" the period he lived being personified. Genesis 50:22, Genesis 47:9, Genesis 47:28; Joshua 24:29
they embalmed: Genesis 50:2-3
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Genesis 50:26
Genesis 50:26
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