Genesis 50:3

Genesis 50:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
• 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.

Context of Genesis 50:3

1Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept over him and kissed him [tenderly]. 2Then Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm (mummify) his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel (Jacob). Now forty days were required for this, for that is the customary number of days [of preparation] required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept and grieved for him [in public mourning as they would for royalty] for seventy days. 4When the days of weeping and public mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to [the nobles of] the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying, 5‘My father made me swear [an oath], saying, “Hear me, I am about to die; bury me in my tomb which I prepared for myself in the land of Canaan.” So now let me go up [to Canaan], please, and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”

Genesis 50:3 word by word

וַיִּמְלְאוּ־לוֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ מִצְרַ֖יִם שִׁבְעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• were fulfilledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of those which are embalmedחֲנֻטִיםchânaţ · embalmingH2590
• and the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• mournedבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• for him threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657

Cross-references for Genesis 50:3

• Numbers 20:29When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept (mourned) for him thirty days.
• Deuteronomy 21:13She shall take off the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, and weep (mourn) for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.
• Deuteronomy 34:8So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

Commentaries on Genesis 50:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Forty days - The body it appears required this number of days to complete the process of embalming; afterwards it lay in natron thirty days more, making in the whole seventy days, according to the preceding accounts, during which the mourning was continued.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-26Verses 1-26 - The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl -mı̂tsrayı̂m Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records the burial of Jacob and the death of Joseph, and so completes the history of the chosen family, and the third bible for the instruction of man. Genesis 50:1-3 After the natural outburst of sorrow for his deceased parent, Joseph gave orders to embalm the body…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Egyptians mourned Jacob for 70 days, just two days less than they would for a pharaoh. This showed their great respect for Joseph.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the Egyptians mourned, &c. It was made a period of public mourning, as on the death of a royal personage.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 50:3

• Children
• Egyptians
• Embalming
• Forty
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Mourning
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Embalming
• Joseph
• Mourn
• Egypt
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• Number
• Mourning

Commentaries on Genesis 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings