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Genesis 50:3

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1And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.Select Genesis 50:1

2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.Select Genesis 50:2

3And 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.Select Genesis 50:3

4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,Select Genesis 50:4

5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.Select Genesis 50:5

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WEB

50:3 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.

ASV

50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

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