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Genesis 50:3

Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians xwept for him seventy days.

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Genesis 50:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

Genesis 50:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And 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.

Genesis 50:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.

Genesis 50:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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.

Genesis 50:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

It took the doctors forty days to prepare his body (the usual time it took). And the Egyptians had a time of sorrow for Jacob that lasted seventy days.

Genesis 50:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

Genesis 50:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The embalming was completed in the usual time—40 days. The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days. 

Genesis 50:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.

Genesis 50:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

Genesis 50:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Forty days were required for it, for thus are the days required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

They took 40 days to do it. They needed that much time to prepare a body in the right way. The Egyptians sobbed over Jacob for 70 days.

Genesis 50:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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