Genesis 50:3
Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.Genesis 50:3 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૫૦:૩
- સુગંધીઓ ભરવાનું કામ ચાલીસ દિવસ પછી પૂરું થયું. યાકૂબના મરણ નિમિત્તે મિસરીઓએ સિત્તેર દિવસ શોક પાળ્યો.
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति ५०:३
- और उसके चालीस दिन पूरे हुए, क्योंकि जिनके शव में सुगन्ध-द्रव्य भरे जाते हैं, उनको इतने ही दिन पूरे लगते है; और मिस्री लोग उसके लिये सत्तर दिन तक विलाप करते रहे।
In context
1Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
2Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
4When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”
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