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Genesis 50:3

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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.

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Genesis 50:3 in other translations

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.

Genesis 50:3 · American Standard Version

Genesis 50:3 in context

  1. 1Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
  2. 2Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
  3. 3Forty days were used for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
  4. 4When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
  5. 5‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’ ”