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And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/50.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/50.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then <i>the</i> forty days <i>to do this</i> were fulfilled, because in this manner the days of embalming are fulfilled. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now forty days were required for this, for that is the customary number of days [of preparation] required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept <i>and</i> grieved for him [in public mourning as they would for royalty] for seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They took forty days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and it took the usual 40 days. The Egyptians mourned 70 days for Jacob. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The embalming was completed in the usual time-40 days. The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It took forty days, the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Forty days were required for it, for that is how many the days it takes for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him for seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they fulfill for him forty days, for so they fulfill the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will fill up forty days for him: for so will they fill up the days of the embalmed: and the Egyptians will weep for him seventy days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mounted for him seventy days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And while they were fulfilling his orders, forty days passed. For this was the method of embalming dead bodies. And Egypt wept for him for seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />they spent forty days at it, for that is the full period of embalming; and the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />they spent forty days in doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And forty days were fulfilled to him, because thus the days of embalmment are completed, and the Egyptians mourned him seventy days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/50-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=13084" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/50.htm">Mourning and Burial for Jacob</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him, <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">taking the forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: way·yim·lə·’ū- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">required to complete</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: yim·lə·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2590.htm" title="2590: ha·ḥă·nu·ṭîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- To spice, make spicy, embalm. A primitive root; to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen.">the embalming.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4713.htm" title="4713: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- Inhab. of Eg. From Mitsrayim; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim.">And the Egyptians</a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: way·yiḇ·kū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">mourned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7657.htm" title="7657: šiḇ·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Seventy (a card. number). Multiple of sheba'; seventy.">for him seventy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-8.htm">Exodus 1:8-11</a></span><br />Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt. / “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. / Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-29.htm">Numbers 20:29</a></span><br />When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-8.htm">Deuteronomy 34:8</a></span><br />The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-24.htm">2 Chronicles 35:24-25</a></span><br />So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him. / Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-18.htm">Matthew 2:18</a></span><br />“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-31.htm">John 11:31-35</a></span><br />When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there. / When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” / When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-2.htm">Acts 8:2</a></span><br />God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-13.htm">1 Samuel 31:13</a></span><br />Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-12.htm">2 Samuel 1:12</a></span><br />They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">2 Kings 13:14</a></span><br />When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17-20</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. / Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. / For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16-18</a></span><br />“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. / Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” / So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-38.htm">Mark 5:38-39</a></span><br />When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly. / He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12-13</a></span><br />As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. / When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days.</p><p class="hdg">forty days.</p><p class="hdg">mourned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/20-29.htm">Numbers 20:29</a></b></br> And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, <i>even</i> all the house of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Deuteronomy 21:13</a></b></br> And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/34-8.htm">Deuteronomy 34:8</a></b></br> And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping <i>and</i> mourning for Moses were ended.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Body</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Embalm</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Embalmed</a> <a href="/john/12-7.htm">Embalming</a> <a href="/genesis/47-28.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/genesis/29-28.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Making</a> <a href="/genesis/37-34.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Needed</a> <a href="/genesis/31-35.htm">Period</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">Required</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-5.htm">Three-Score</a> <a href="/genesis/48-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/43-30.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/genesis/50-1.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/genesis/50-1.htm">Wept</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">Body</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">Embalm</a> <a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">Embalmed</a> <a href="/mark/14-8.htm">Embalming</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Full</a> <a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Making</a> <a href="/genesis/50-10.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">Needed</a> <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Period</a> <a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Required</a> <a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/exodus/38-25.htm">Three-Score</a> <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/genesis/50-17.htm">Wept</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 50</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-1.htm">The mourning for Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-7.htm">The funeral.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-22.htm">His age.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-23.htm">He sees the third generation of his sons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">He prophesies unto his brothers of their return.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">He takes an oath of them concerning his bones.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/50-26.htm">He dies, and is put into a coffin.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The forty days mentioned here align with historical records of Egyptian mummification practices, which typically took around 40 days to complete. This period was necessary for the drying and preservation of the body using natron, a naturally occurring salt. The number forty is also significant in biblical terms, often symbolizing a period of testing or completion, as seen in the forty days of rain during the flood (<a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a>) and Jesus' forty days in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>).<p><b>And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.</b><br>The seventy days of mourning reflect the high regard in which Joseph was held in Egypt. This period of mourning was customary for Egyptian royalty, indicating Joseph's elevated status. The number seventy is significant in the Bible, often representing completeness or a full measure, as seen in the seventy elders of Israel (<a href="/exodus/24.htm">Exodus 24:1</a>) and the seventy years of Babylonian captivity (<a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a>). This extended mourning period underscores the deep respect and affection the Egyptians had for Joseph, who had saved them from famine and served as a powerful leader. It also foreshadows the eventual mourning for Jesus Christ, who, like Joseph, was a savior to his people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>The son of Jacob, who rose to power in Egypt. He is responsible for the embalming of his father, Jacob.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The patriarch whose death and embalming are the focus of this verse. His death marks a significant transition for his family.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egyptians.htm">Egyptians</a></b><br>The people of Egypt who mourned Jacob for seventy days, indicating his importance and the respect they had for Joseph.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/embalming.htm">Embalming</a></b><br>The process of preserving a body after death, which was a common Egyptian practice, reflecting the cultural integration of Joseph's family into Egyptian society.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/seventy_days_of_mourning.htm">Seventy Days of Mourning</a></b><br>A period of mourning that reflects both Egyptian customs and the honor given to Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_integration_and_influence.htm">Cultural Integration and Influence</a></b><br>Joseph's family was integrated into Egyptian society, yet they maintained their distinct identity. Believers today can engage with culture while holding firm to their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_the_deceased.htm">Respect for the Deceased</a></b><br>The extensive mourning period for Jacob highlights the importance of honoring those who have passed. Christians are called to respect and honor their loved ones, reflecting God's love and compassion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_transitions.htm">God's Sovereignty in Transitions</a></b><br>Jacob's death marked a transition for his family. In times of change, believers can trust in God's sovereignty and plan for their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_mourning.htm">The Role of Mourning</a></b><br>Mourning is a natural and important process. It allows for healing and reflection, and Christians can find comfort in God's presence during these times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Jacob's impact on both his family and the Egyptians shows the lasting influence one can have. Believers are encouraged to live lives that leave a godly legacy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 50</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_mourning.htm">What does the Bible say about mourning periods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_gen_50_2-3_align_with_egyptian_embalming.htm">Does the claim in Genesis 50:2–3 that Jacob was embalmed for forty days align with known Egyptian practices, or does it conflict with historical records? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_thanatology.htm">What is thanatology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_joseph's_bones_leaving_egypt_recorded.htm">Exodus 13:19 - Is there any archeological or historical record confirming that Joseph's bones were transported out of Egypt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Forty days.</span>--Herodotus (ii. 86) describes the process of embalming as occupying seventy days, but he was speaking of what he saw at Thebes, whereas Memphis was the Egyptian capital in Joseph's time; and the mummies of Thebes are, we are told, far more perfectly preserved than those of Memphis. Diodorus agrees very nearly with the periods mentioned here, saying (i. 91) that the embalming took somewhat more than thirty days, and the mourning for a king seventy-two. The usual period of mourning among the Israelites was thirty days (<a href="/numbers/20-29.htm" title="And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.">Numbers 20:29</a> : <a href="/deuteronomy/34-8.htm" title="And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.">Deuteronomy 34:8</a>). Probably, therefore, the forty days spent in the embalming were included in the "threescore and ten days," during which the Egyptians mourned for Jacob.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned</span> (literally, <span class="accented">wept</span>) <span class="cmt_word">for him threescore and ten days</span> - i.e. the whole period of mourning, including the forty days for embalming, extended to seventy days, a statement which strikingly coincides with the assertion of Diodorus Siculus (1:72), that the embalming process occupied about thirty days, while the mourning continued seventy-two days; the first number, seventy, being seven decades, or ten weeks of seven days, and the second 12 x 6 = 72, the duodecimal calculation being also used in Egypt (<span class="accented">vide</span> Wilkinson in Rawlinson's 'Herodotus,' vol. 2. p. 121; and in ' Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: vol. 3. p. 471, <span class="accented">et seqq.</span>, ed. 1878). The apparent discrepancy between the accounts of Genesis and Herodotus will disappear if the seventy days of the Greek historian, during which the body lay in antrum, be viewed as the entire period of mourning (Hengstenberg's 'Egypt and the Books of Moses,' p. 68; Sir G. Wilkinson in Rawlinson's 'Herodotus,' vol. 2. p. 121), a sense which the words <span class="greek">ταῦτα</span> <span class="greek">δὲ ποιήσαντες ταριχεύουσι λίτρῳ κρίηψαντες</span> <span class="greek">ἡμέρας ἐβδομήκοντα</span> (Herod. 2:86)will bear, though Kalisch somewhat arbitrarily, but unconvincingly, pronounces it to be "excluded both by the context and Greek syntax." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/50-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">taking the forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">י֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">required to complete</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּמְלְאוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·lə·’ū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the embalming.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥă·nu·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2590.htm">Strong's 2590: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spice, to embalm, to ripen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And the Egyptians</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4713.htm">Strong's 4713: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḇ·kū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To weep, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for him seventy</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7657.htm">Strong's 7657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventy (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/50-3.htm">Genesis 50:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">OT Law: Genesis 50:3 Forty days were fulfilled for him (Gen. 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