Genesis 50:3

וַיִּמְלְאוּ ־ לוֹ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם כִּי כֵּן יִמְלְאוּ יְמֵי הַחֲנֻטִים וַיִּבְכּוּ אֹתוֹ מִצְרַיִם שִׁבְעִים יֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וַיְצַו יוֹסֵף אֶת ־ עֲבָדָיו אֶת ־ הָרֹפְאִים לַחֲנֹט אֶת ־ אָבִיו וַיַּחַנְטוּ הָרֹפְאִים אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

4וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ יְמֵי בְכִיתוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר יוֹסֵף אֶל ־ בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אִם ־ נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵיכֶם דַּבְּרוּ ־ נָא בְּאָזְנֵי פַרְעֹה לֵאמֹֽר ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 50:10וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד ־ גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסְפְּדוּ ־ שָׁם מִסְפֵּד גָּדוֹל וְכָבֵד מְאֹד וַיַּעַשׂ לְאָבִיו אֵבֶל שִׁבְעַת יָמִֽים ׃

Deuteronomy 21:13וְהֵסִירָה אֶת ־ שִׂמְלַת שִׁבְיָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וְיָֽשְׁבָה בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבָֽכְתָה אֶת ־ אָבִיהָ וְאֶת ־ אִמָּהּ יֶרַח יָמִים וְאַחַר כֵּן תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיהָ וּבְעַלְתָּהּ וְהָיְתָה לְךָ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:2-7

The Burial of Jacob. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 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. 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes,… Read the whole commentary →

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