Genesis 50:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the [a]physicians to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3 So forty days were accomplished (for so long did the days of them that were embalmed last) and the Egyptians bewailed him [b]seventy days.
4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If I have now found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears, of Pharaoh, and say,
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- Genesis 50:2 He meaneth them that embalmed the dead and buried them.
- Genesis 50:3 They were more excessive in lamenting than the faithful.
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