Jacob was embalmed by those whose religious beliefs were not the same as his. 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.
Jēkabu iebalzamēja cilvēki, kuriem bija citādi reliģiskie uzskati nekā viņam, un ir maz ticams, ka Jāzeps, atdodams tēva miesas dziedniekiem, būtu prasījis, lai viņi veic rituālus un skaita lūgšanas, kas senajā Ēģiptē droši vien parasti pavadīja balzamēšanu.