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.
What Does Genesis 50:3 Mean?
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