Genesis 50:26 - Exposition

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old (literally, a son of a hundred and ten years ) , and they ( i.e. the children of Israel) embalmed him ( vide on Genesis 50:2 ), and he was put in a coffin (or chest, i.e. a mummy case, which was commonly constructed of sycamore wood) in Egypt , where he remained for a period of 360 years, until the time of the Exodus, when, according to the engagement now given, his remains were carried up to Canaan, and solemnly deposited in the sepulcher of Shechem ( Joshua 24:32 ).