Genesis 50:3-5
New King James Version
3 Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians (A)mourned[a] for him seventy days.
4 Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to (B)the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying, 5 (C)‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave (D)which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.’ ”
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- Genesis 50:3 Lit. wept
Genesis 50:3-5
New International Version
3 taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(A)
4 When the days of mourning(B) had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court,(C) “If I have found favor in your eyes,(D) speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, 5 ‘My father made me swear an oath(E) and said, “I am about to die;(F) bury me in the tomb I dug for myself(G) in the land of Canaan.”(H) Now let me go up and bury my father;(I) then I will return.’”
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