Genesis 50:2-4

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2} Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians ^(A)embalmed Israel. ^{Tools
3} Now forty days were ^(a)required for ^(b)it, for ^(c)such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians ^(B)wept for him seventy days.

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4} When the days of ^(d)mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak ^(e)to Pharaoh, saying,

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 50:3: ['Lit ', fulfilled]

b. Genesis 50:3: ['Or ', him]

c. Genesis 50:3: ['Lit ', so are fulfilled the days of embalming]

d. Genesis 50:4: ['Lit ', weeping]

e. Genesis 50:4: ['Lit ', In the ears of]

Cross references:

A. Genesis 50:2: Genesis 50:26; Matthew 26:12; Mark 16:1; John 19:39; John 19:40

B. Genesis 50:3: Genesis 50:10; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 34:8