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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.

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וַיָּ֣מָתvayamatand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…יוֹסֵ֔ףyosefJoseph. Compare H3084יוֹסֵףnoun, proper name — “Joseph. Compare H3084”H3130Joseph, the name of seven IsraelitesJoseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […מֵאָ֥הmeahhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וָעֶ֖שֶׂרvaeserand tenעֶשֶׂרconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.שָׁנִ֑יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיַּחַנְט֣וּvayachantvand embalmחָנַטconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and embalm”, the next action in the storyH2590to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripenembalm, put forth.אֹת֔וֹotvoobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).וַיִּ֥ישֶׂםvayisemand be putיָשַׂםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be put”, the next action in the storyH3455to place; intransitively, to be placedbe put (set).בָּאָר֖וֹןbaaronin chestאָרוֹןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in chest”, the ordinary formH727a boxark, chest, coffin.בְּמִצְרָֽיִםbemitsrayimin Egyptמִצְרַיִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (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’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα· καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔθηκαν ἐν τῇ σορῷ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ.