Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 50:3 in context
Genesis 50:1–6
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Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.
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Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
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Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.
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When 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,
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‘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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Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”
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