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Bible in Basic English
And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.
New American Standard Bible
Now forty days were
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
International Standard Version
It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
A Conservative Version
And forty days were fulfilled for him, for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Now forty days were required for this, for that is the customary number of days [of preparation] required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept and grieved for him [in public mourning as they would for royalty] for seventy days.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will fill up forty days for him: for so will they fill up the days of the embalmed: and the Egyptians will weep for him seventy days.
King James 2000
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Forty days {were required for it}, for thus [are] the days {required for} embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for so long doth the embalming last, and the Egyptians bewept him seventy days.
NET Bible
They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
New Heart English Bible
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
The Emphasized Bible
And they fulfilled for him forty days, for so, are they wont to fulfil the days of the embalmed, - and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.
Themes
Burial » Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days
Children » Instances of » Joseph
Days » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
The Dead » Mourning for » General references to
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Lasted many days
Egypt » History of israel in » Jacob's death and burial
Egyptians » The art of embalming the dead practiced by
Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
Joseph » Son of jacob » Mourns the death of his father
Mourning » General references to
Mourning » The egyptians mourned for jacob for seventy days
Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Pharaoh, in his treatment of jacob and his family
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 50:3
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Context Readings
Jacob's Burial
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:
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Cross References
Numbers 20:29
And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.
Deuteronomy 34:8
For thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.
Genesis 50:10
And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.
Deuteronomy 21:13
And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.