Gen 50:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2 : Joseph ordered the Egyptian doctors to embalm Jacob’s body. This was the Egyptian way of preserving a body, and it was necessary because Jacob’s body would be taken a long way to Canaan ( v. 2 ).

‏ Genesis 50:2

v. 2: Joseph ordered the Egyptian doctors to embalm Jacob’s body. This was the Egyptian way of preserving a body, and it was necessary because Jacob’s body would be taken a long way to Canaan (v. 2 ^a).