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Genesis 50:3

American Standard Version

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

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Genesis 50:3 in other translations

Forty days were used for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.

Genesis 50:3 · World English Bible

Genesis 50:3 in context

  1. 1And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
  2. 2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
  3. 3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.
  4. 4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
  5. 5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.