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Genesis 50:3 KJV
Genesis · chapter 50 · verse 3 · King James Version
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.Genesis 50:3 · King James Version
Genesis 50:3 in context
1And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
3And 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.
4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Key words (Strong's)
- fulfilledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- EgyptiansMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- embalmedchânaṭto spiceH2590 →
- mournedbâkâhto weepH1058 →
- fortyʼarbâʻîymfortyH705 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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