Genesis 50:2-4
New King James Version
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to (A)embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians (B)mourned[a] for him seventy days.
4 Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to (C)the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
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- Genesis 50:3 Lit. wept
Genesis 50:10
New King James Version
10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they (A)mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. (B)He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
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