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Genesis 50:3

Grief

1 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

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BSB
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
KJV
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.
WEB
Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
ASV
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.
DARBY
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
BLB
And forty days were fulfilled for him, for such are fulfilled [are] the days for the embalming; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
ÅB
Førti dager gikk med hertil, for så mange dager går med til balsameringen; og egypterne gråt over ham i sytti dager.
OTB
Balsameringen tok førti dager, da det var den vanlige perioden som krevdes. Egypterne sørget over ham i sytti dager.
B1930
Firti dager gikk med hertil, for så mange dager går med til balsameringen; og egypterne gråt over ham i sytti dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 20:29

    When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:8

    The 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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  • Genesis 50:10

    When 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:13

    and 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.

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