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Genesis 50:2–3

Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,j taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.k

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Genesis 50:2–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 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 50:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob was embalmed. The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.

Genesis 50:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 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 50:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

He commanded the doctors who served him to prepare his father’s body, so the doctors prepared Jacob’s body to be buried. 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 50:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 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 50:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel. 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 50:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then Joseph ordered the doctors in his service to embalm his father. So the doctors embalmed Israel. The embalming was completed in the usual time—40 days. The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days. 

Genesis 50:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He commanded his servants who were physicians to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel. They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.

Genesis 50:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Joseph commanded the physicians in his service to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel; they spent forty days in doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for it, for thus are the days required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Then Joseph talked to the doctors who served him. He told them to prepare the body of his father Israel to be buried. So the doctors prepared it. 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 50:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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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