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Genesis 50:2-4
New English Translation
Genesis 50:2-4
New English Translation
2 Joseph instructed the physicians in his service[a] to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming.[b] The Egyptians mourned for[c] him seventy days.[d]
4 When the days of mourning[e] had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court,[f] “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,[g]
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- Genesis 50:2 tn Heb “his servants the physicians.”
- Genesis 50:3 tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”
- Genesis 50:3 tn Heb “wept for.”
- Genesis 50:3 sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.
- Genesis 50:4 tn Heb “weeping.”
- Genesis 50:4 tn Heb “the house of Pharaoh.”
- Genesis 50:4 tn Heb “in the ears of Pharaoh.”
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