Genesis 50:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ They took 40 days for him, because that is how long embalming takes, and Egypt wept 70 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

When they came to the threshing floor of the bramble on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there—a very great and solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

Genesis 50:4

When the days of formal weeping passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s house saying, “If I’ve found favor in your eyes, please say in Pharaoh’s ears,

Numbers 20:29

When they saw that Aaron had died, the entire community mourned Aaron 30 days.

Deuteronomy 21:13

and remove her captive’s clothing, then sit in your house and weep for her father and mother a full month. After that, you may go to her and become her husband and she will be your wife.

Deuteronomy 34:8

Bnei-Yisrael wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping, mourning for Moses, were ended.