Then Joseph gave orders to embalm his father's body.
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, “The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob.”
Joseph threw himself on his father, crying and kissing his face.
So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of a hundred and ten. They embalmed his body and put it in a coffin.
and was buried in the rock tomb which he had carved out for himself in David's City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial, and they built a huge bonfire to mourn his death.
What she did was to pour this perfume on my body to get me ready for burial.
She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.
After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint the body of Jesus.
Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared.
But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.
