# that he collapsed on the face of his father

The term "he collapsed" is an idiom for being overcome. AT: "that he fell on his father in grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# his servants the physicians

"his servants who took care of dead bodies"

# to embalm his father

To "embalm" is a special way of preserving a dead body before it is buried. AT: "to prepare his father's body for burial" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

# They took forty days

"They took 40 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# seventy days

"70 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/josephot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kiss]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]