Genesis 50:3 — Bible Verse (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.”

Genesis 50:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 50:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 50:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.”

Genesis 50:3 — World English Bible

Genesis 50:3 ASV — 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.”

Genesis 50:3 — American Standard Version

Genesis 50:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.”

Genesis 50:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 50:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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.”

Genesis 50:3 — Darby Translation

Genesis 50:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So fourtie dayes were accomplished (for so long did the dayes of them that were enbaumed last) and the Egyptians bewayled him seuentie dayes.”

Genesis 50:3 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 50:3 in Context — Genesis 50

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

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

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.

4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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What Does Genesis 50:3 Mean?

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