Genesis 50:3 - The Scriptures 1998

And forty days were completed for him, for so are completed the days of embalming. And the Mitsrites wept for him seventy days.

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King 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.

Genesis 50:3 Cross References

Genesis 50:10

And they came to the threshing-floor of Ataḏ

Genesis 50:4

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Yosĕ

Numbers 20:29

And when all the congregation saw that Aharon was dead, all the house of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 21:13

and put aside the mantle of her captivity, and shall dwell in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a month of days. And after that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

Deuteronomy 34:8

And the children of Yisra’ĕ