Genesis 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 

biblegateway Gen 50:3

taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

biblegateway Gen 50:3

Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

biblegateway Gen 50:3

The embalming process took forty days, and there was a period of national mourning for seventy days.

biblegateway Gen 50:3

The embalming took forty days, the period required for embalming. There was public mourning by the Egyptians for seventy days.

SABDAweb Gen 50:3

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.

bibleoremus Gen 50:3

they spent forty days in doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

biblegateway Gen 50:3

Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

biblegateway Gen 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 

¹ tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”

² tn Heb “wept.”

³ sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.