909 B
909 B
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)