Genesis 50:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.”
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“taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 50:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 50:10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
- Numbers 20:29When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- Deuteronomy 21:13and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
- Deuteronomy 34:8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
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