#that he collapsed on the face of his father

This is an idiom that means "that fell on his father in grief." (See: [[:en:ta:vol1: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"

#They took forty days

"They took 40 days" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers]])

#seventy days

"70 days" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers]])