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Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians (A)wept for him for seventy days.

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, (B)“If now I have found favour in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.(A)

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,

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10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, (A)they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he (B)made a mourning for his father for seven days.

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10 When they reached the threshing floor(A) of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly;(B) and there Joseph observed a seven-day period(C) of mourning(D) for his father.(E)

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