Genesis 50:3

50:3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. ¹  The Egyptians mourned ²  for him seventy days. ³ 

[50:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

[50:3]  ² tn Heb “wept.”

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