Genesis 50:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

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