New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Embalming

• Unknown to early patriarchs Gen. 23:4
• Learned by the Jews in Egypt Gen. 50:2, 26
• Time required for Gen. 50:3
• How performed by the Jews 2 Chr. 16:14; Lk. 23:56; Jn. 19:40
• Not always practiced by the Jews Jn. 11:39
• An attempt to defeat God's purpose Gen. 3:19