When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation, and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days.
Genesis 50:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 they spent forty days doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then forty days were devoted [to this purpose] for him, for that is the customary number of days required for those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians wept and bemoaned him [as they would for royalty] for seventy days. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days. Catholic Public Domain Version And while they were fulfilling his orders, forty days passed. For this was the method of embalming dead bodies. And Egypt wept for him for seventy days. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed. And Egypt mourned for him seventy days. |
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation, and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days.
When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph addressed the household of Pharaoh, “If now I have found favor with you, please speak to Pharaoh as follows:
When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
discard her captive’s garb, and remain in your house a full month mourning for her father and mother; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.