They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Yarden, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
Genesis 50:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Yarden, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
When the days of weeping for him were past, Yosef spoke to the house of Par`oh, saying, *If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Par`oh, saying,
When all the congregation saw that Aharon was dead, they wept for Aharon thirty days, even all the house of Yisra'el.
and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
The children of Yisra'el wept for Moshe in the plains of Mo'av thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moshe were ended.