Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians (A)mourned[a] for him seventy days.

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  1. Genesis 50:3 Lit. wept

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

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10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they (A)mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. (B)He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

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10 When they reached the threshing floor(A) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(B) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(C) of mourning(D) for his father.(E)

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