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Genesis 50:3 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then forty days were devoted [to this purpose] for him, for that is the customary number of days required for those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians wept and bemoaned him [as they would for royalty] for seventy days.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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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Common English Bible

They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

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