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 hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him. 2Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. 4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh, 5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, “I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go 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 community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
• Deuteronomy 21:13discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations with her and become her husband and she your wife.
• Deuteronomy 34:8The Israelites mourned for Moses in the deserts of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses 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