NET Bible
"They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days."
— Genesis 50:3, NET Bible
“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.”
“And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days. ”
“Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.”
“And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.”
“And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.”
“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.”
The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.
Joseph 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.
When 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,
‘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.’”
So Pharaoh said,“Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”