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Genesis 50:3

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.

KJV

Quibus jussa explentibus, transierunt quadraginta dies : iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum : flevitque eum Ægyptus septuaginta diebus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν αὐτοὺς τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας· οὕτως γὰρ καταριθμοῦνται αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς ταφῆς· καὶ ἐπένθησεν αὐτὸν Αἴγυπτος ἑβδομήκοντα ἡμέρας.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּמְלְאוּ ל/וֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י הַ/חֲנֻטִ֑ים וַ/יִּבְכּ֥וּ אֹת֛/וֹ מִצְרַ֖יִם שִׁבְעִ֥ים יֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
חֲנֹ֖ט
chnt
verb · 5×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֵּ֥בְךְּ
ybk
verb · 115×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
שִׁבְעִ֥ים
shb'ym
adjective · 90×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 34:8 — And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
  • Deut 34:8 — And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
  • Eccl 12:5 — Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth
  • Gen 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
  • Num 20:29 — And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.