Genesis 50:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

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KJV

King James Version

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 50

¹ Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

² And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

³ taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

⁴ When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

⁵ my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

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