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Genesis 50:3
And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.
Genesis 50:3 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 50:3 in other translations
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.
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
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In context
1 And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.
2 And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.
3 And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.
4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:
5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.
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