Genesis 50:2-3

50:2 Joseph instructed the physicians in his service ¹  to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. 50:3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. ²  The Egyptians mourned ³  for him seventy days. ⁴ 

[50:2]  ¹ tn Heb “his servants the physicians.”

[50:3]  ² tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

[50:3]  ³ tn Heb “wept.”

[50:3]  ⁴ sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.