Gen. 50:2

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the physicians.The Hebrew {ropheim,} from {rapha,} to heal, is literally the healers, those whose business it was to heal, or restore the body from sickness, by administering proper medicines; and when death took place, to heal or preserve it from decomposition by embalming.

The word {chanat,} to embalm, is also used in Arabic to express the reddening of leather; somewhat analogous to our tanning; which is probably the grand principal in embalming. embalmed.

Gen 50:26; 2Chr 16:14; Matt 26:12; Mark 14:8; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 12:7; John 19:39; John 19:40