Yet, we can hardly imagine that when Joseph handed his father’s body over to the physicians, he requested the prayers and ritual that may well have accompanied most embalming done in Egypt at that time. Both Jacob and Joseph were men of faith.
याकोबाचे प्रेत जतन करण्याची आज्ञा यहोवाकडून मिळाली नाही हे स्पष्ट असले तरीही त्याविषयी शास्त्रवचनांमध्ये नापसंती व्यक्‍त करण्यात आलेली नाही.