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They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming.[a] The Egyptians mourned for[b] him seventy days.[c]

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  1. Genesis 50:3 tn Heb “and forty days were fulfilled for him, for thus are fulfilled the days of embalming.”
  2. Genesis 50:3 tn Heb “wept for.”
  3. Genesis 50:3 sn Seventy days. This probably refers to a time of national mourning.